This heroic act is being recognized publicly after this Blytheville Waste Pro sanitation worker helped save an elderly lady with dementia. The worker, Macario Chism, said that he found the 82-year-old Thelma Bates during freezing weather on a Thursday in the middle of January while on his route in Caruthersville […]
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High School Footballers Shovel Snow for their Neighbors for Free as Part of their Workout
This school from western Pennsylvania has a football team that is getting a lot of praise lately after their coach canceled the boys’ weightlifting session and instructed them to shovel driveways for people in need after a snowstorm hit the area. The high school, Bethel Park, has a football coach […]
Amazing: How ‘Granny Pods’ Help Family Members to Live Near You in a High-Tech Cottage
When families struggle with finding a place for the grandparents to live out their retirement days, the options aren’t many and plenty of them are quite complicated. Full-service homes tend to be expensive and may not suit the budget of every family. And, paired with the guilt that family members […]
Awesome: Grocery Store Opens a ‘Chat Register’ for Lonely Elderly Customers
A popular supermarket chain from The Netherlands claims they’ll introduce 200 chat registers throughout their stores and they will be intended for customers who’re not in a rush and are looking for a chat during checkout. The initiative announced by the Jumbo chain is said to be part of their […]
Real-Life Hero: This Plumber Helped Vulnerable Families by Fixing their Plumbing & Heating for Free
This real life hero, a plumber, refused to charge vulnerable customers when he fixed their boilers and pipes. Also, he spent around £50,000 helping individuals throughout the pandemic. The generous plumber, James Anderson who lives in Burnley, last year pledged to help the elderly and people in financial problems in […]
89-Year-Old Best Friends since Age 11 Move into the same Nursing Home to Be near to each other
Olive Woodward and Kathleen Saville are two 89-year-old ladies who’ve been best friends since the 40s when they were only 11. Recently, they moved into the same nursing home in England to spend their elderly days together. Throughout their lives, the two besties never lived more than 10 minutes away […]
The New Dementia ‘Village’ for 40 Patients at Northampton Mental Health Hospital
This new dementia ‘village’ opened on the ground of a mental health hospital and it offers patients place away from the environment of a hospital or a nursing home. The village, named the Lowther Hub, is a part of the St Andrew’s Hospital in Billing Road and has the settings […]
Retiree Plans To Spend Rest Of Life In A Holiday Inn Since It’s Cheaper Than Senior Homes
For this retiree, living the golden years at a Holiday Inn is an awesome idea, rather than spending them at a nursing home. The man shared his plan for his retirement on social media and it went viral-however, not everyone agrees with his ideas. Some experts believe seniors won’t be […]
Husband, 90, Risked His Life to Say Goodbye to Wife of 30 Years after 4 Months Apart
Tears filled this nursing home room when a 90-year-old man from Florida came dressed in protective gear to say his goodbyes to his wife before she died due to covid-19. The man, Sam Reck, from Lakeland, Florida spent 4 months apart from his wife JoAnn Reck with whom he had […]
Couple Celebrates Their 60th Wedding Anniversary Wearing Their Original Outfits
This couple from Nebraska toasted to their 60 years of marriage with a stunning photo shoot in their original attire they wore when they said their ‘I do’s’. Marvin and Lucille Stone were married in Sterling in the 60s and they have been together ever since. To celebrate their diamond […]