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There are those senior citizens who relish a slower pace of life. Leon “Sparky” Place isn’t one of them. For more than 60 years he’s helped to keep Bermuda’s gombey tradition alive. As a young child he got hooked by the colours, the music and the cro...

As a teenager, Sharon Nannini loved sneaking into her older sister Meredith’s clothes closet. “She was a seamstress and she made beautiful things,” the 75-year-old remembered. “I used to borrow them all the time and put them back before she got home....

For years, Lynnette Davis was known as “the fluoride lady”. Back in the 1970s she had helped the health department launch a dental programme for children. She drove around the island in a van, dispensing fluoride tablets to students. “The children di...

I’m sure you know just how important it is to work out and how physical activity should be a part of your daily routine. There are many studies that show the important benefits of exercise. It is especially essential for senior citizens as it improv...

The Ministry of Economy and Labour will tomorrow host a panel discussion aimed at increasing awareness of the challenge of Bermuda’s ageing population. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, said: “This round-table discussion will provid...

In her early teens, Linda Smith did a lot of goofing off. “All I wanted to do was play,” the 72-year-old remembered. But she still managed to be one of the top three students in her class at Sandys Secondary School. Then the school principal, Dorothy...

On Pinterest, Donna Pink saw pictures of baskets made using royal palm and figured it would be easy to create her own. As it turned out, it was downright frustrating. For a start there was the challenge of actually finding the fronds. She once begged...

Jolene Bean spent almost half a century teaching and loved every minute but in the seven years since she retired, she has sometimes wondered if she should have been an artist instead. The 72-year-old has made jewellery, dolls for her nieces, and “a l...

Jason Hayward, the economy and labour minister, recently announced a position paper on Bermuda’s ageing population. There should be no doubt that this is not a “looming” crisis. The crisis is already here. If it was a hurricane, Bermuda would be fee...

Dear Sir, The Group was a rehabilitation centre set up by the Government in the late 1960s at Admiralty House to combat drug abuse across the island. However, the programme waned, and visionaries such as the recently deceased Stuart Hayward, the envi...

Seniors’ needs against a backdrop of rising costs in Bermuda took centre stage at an in-person “talk and tea” forum held last Friday. Eighty participants gathered at St Paul’s Church Hall in Paget — with more such gatherings planned. Tinée Furbert, M...

The Bermuda Government aims to raise the working population by 25 per cent over the next five years in an “aggressive” strategy to head off a rapidly ageing population, the economy and labour minister revealed this afternoon. Jason Hayward announced ...