In speech generally, consonants have higher frequencies than vowels, making conversations difficult to hear for some elderly people.
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Some elderly people felt they had not been properly consulted.
While the states could point to higher Medicaid costs due to tobacco (poor people are much more likely to be smokers, and smokers have a lot of chronic illnesses) that calculation ignored the fact that smokers also tend to die younger, and so avoid the medical expenses some elderly people run up at the end of life.
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Some 750 elderly volunteers who have mildly impaired memories of the sort that presage Alzheimer's disease will be divided into three groups.
The Social Welfare Council pays for 24 qualified "home helpers" to attend to the needs of some 60 bedridden elderly.
If the sentences are upheld, some of the elderly former commanders are likely to live the rest of their lives behind bars.
There, committees of elders (and some not so elderly) have taken responsibility for almost every innovation, proving themselves to be competent and resourceful.
Some of the elderly aircraft's technical limits could now be overcome.
There are reports of seniors and pharmacists having trouble maneuvering the drug sign up process for the elderly, some of whom are also poor.
Some products with the elderly in mind are designed for ease-of-use.
Since both parties are in dire need of a sop to throw to the elderly, some sort of package extending Medicare coverage for prescription drugs will probably emerge.
She said there is a contingency plan and some of the animals have got homes to go to, but some of the "elderly and bad tempered", and wildcats and racoons would probably have to be put down.
Some of the most frail elderly patients are suffering "distressing" deaths because hospitals wrongly try to resuscitate them, a watchdog says.
It seems likely that whether directly or in partnership with charity, the state will still have to take care of some of Singapore's elderly.
It affects only about half of the 500, 000 people receiving care in their own home - most of these are elderly, although some are people with disabilities.
It is thought to be a cause of many falls among the elderly, leading in some cases to fractures which cause permanent disability.
Spokesman Dr Sarah Schenker said that while there was still some caution over anaemia in the elderly, overall the benefits would outweigh the risks.
In some cases, as with the elderly, pregnant women and children, these older, cheaper drugs may be preferable because they are less likely to have certain side effects.
But "some of these property owners were elderly, " she added.
An elderly woman who fell down some stairs at Tradition Field was taken to a hospital by helicopter, which landed on the infield of a practice diamond next to the ballpark.
The idea was that cash limits would force councils to consider whether it would be cheaper in some cases to provide care to the elderly and disabled in their own houses, rather than packing them off to a care home.
Referring to the issues raised by Ms Abbott, he said some local shops often carried fresh fruit and vegetables but some groups - people without cars, elderly and disabled people - found it hard to access such produce in inner city "blackspots".
It "would have a profoundly negative effect on the Postal Service and on millions of customers", he said, adding that businesses, rural communities, the elderly and disabled were just some of the groups that depended on Saturday service for work and communication.
Day centres for the elderly and disabled, libraries and some children's services could also be affected, it said.
But so will some of the most iconic programs for the elderly and the poor, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
Last week, Medicare agreed to expand its skilled nursing care and rehabilitation therapy benefit for some people with chronic disease, including many elderly.
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There are plenty of big, powerful organizations in Washington that represent , in some way, the interests of the frail elderly and their families.
Inside Out looks at some radical solutions to the problem of funding elderly care in the future on BBC One at 19:30 BST on Monday.
Others have looked at some of the tax-related benefits the elderly are entitled to, such as relief on capital gains tax at death and those related to pensions.
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