Read more elderly stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/536/elderly.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:16:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74112/night-stalker-charged-in-elderly-rapes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Londoner has been busted for a host of crimes, including rape, targeting the elderly over the last 17 years. Delroy Grant, 52, appears in court today to face 11 charges of rape, burglary and indecent assault. But police believe he is responsible for some 108 crimes, striking as often...http://www.newser.com/story/74112/night-stalker-charged-in-elderly-rapes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 3:56:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73636/retire-feel-8-years-younger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetirement is great medicine, new research shows. A study of French workers for 7 years before and after they punched the time clock for the last time indicates health increases dramatically after retirement. Reports of poor health drop from 19.2% in the year before retirement to 14.3% the...http://www.newser.com/story/73636/retire-feel-8-years-younger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 15:28:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73471/950-tries-later-woman-passes-driving-test.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 68-year-old South Korean woman has finally been granted the chance to take her actual, physical driving test after completing the written exam—on her 950th try. Cha Sa-soon took the test and failed almost daily since April 2005 before recently squeaking through with the minimum score of 60%. At...http://www.newser.com/story/73471/950-tries-later-woman-passes-driving-test.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 8:40:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71265/brooke-astors-son-guilty-on-16-counts-faces-25-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter a sensational 19-week trial, Brooke Astor's son was found guilty today on 16 of the 18 counts against him, including grand larceny and conspiracy. The 85-year-old will be sentenced on Dec. 8 and faces up to 25 years. The jury deliberated for 12 days before finding that the legendary...http://www.newser.com/story/71265/brooke-astors-son-guilty-on-16-counts-faces-25-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 14:04:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71256/autopsy-shows-100-year-old-was-murdered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Massachusetts medical examiner has ruled the death of a 100-year-old nursing home patient a homicide by strangulation. Elizabeth Barrow was found dead in her room Sept. 24, with a plastic bag over her head and no obvious signs of struggle, a law enforcement source tells the Standard-Times of New...http://www.newser.com/story/71256/autopsy-shows-100-year-old-was-murdered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 11:31:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70815/half-of-us-babies-will-see-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than half of the children born today in wealthy developed countries will live to see their 100th birthday. New research coming out of Denmark also suggests life expectancy in general has increased dramatically as medicine and diagnosis of diseases afflicting the elderly have improved. Since the 1950s, the BBC...http://www.newser.com/story/70815/half-of-us-babies-will-see-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 10:06:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70695/aging-brains-cant-fend-off-stereotypes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe way the brain ages may make older people more inclined to prejudice, with new research suggesting that the elderly may have greater difficulty suppressing stereotypes. In one study, young and old adults were read stories which, in the words of the researchers, “allowed for stereotypic inferences” about blacks, Jews,...http://www.newser.com/story/70695/aging-brains-cant-fend-off-stereotypes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 18:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70014/fall-sends-byrd-to-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. Robert Byrd is at the hospital after a fall at his Northern Virginia home, the Washington Post reports. The 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat has been scarce at the Capitol recently after a previous hospitalization that ended in June. The longest-serving US senator ever “apparently stood up too fast this...http://www.newser.com/story/70014/fall-sends-byrd-to-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 11:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68610/under-new-math-1-in-5-seniors-is-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBased on official statistics, only 10% of Americans aged 65 and older are poor, the lowest rate of any age group. But the actual number should be nearly twice that, finds the National Academy of Sciences, which has developed a new, modern way of calculating poverty that is quickly gaining...http://www.newser.com/story/68610/under-new-math-1-in-5-seniors-is-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 9:57:40 CDT