senior citizens
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PublishedOctober 10, 2024
Social Security recipients will get 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
Recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, after a historically large 8.7% benefit increase in 2023, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2024
Social Security’s scheduled cost of living increase ‘won’t make a dent’ for some retirees
Social Security recipients are expected to receive a smaller cost-of-living increase in January than in recent years as inflation moderates.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2024
Fitness tips from Maine Senior Games’ Athlete of the Year
Triathlon athlete and 81-year-old retiree Charles Cray has been in several Maine Senior Games over the years. His secret? “Keep moving.”
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PublishedJune 26, 2024
People Plus pic of the week
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PublishedJune 14, 2024
Brunswick senior housing residents complain of mold, while management says issue is resolved
Tenants at Pejepscot Terrace, a mainly low-income senior housing complex in Brunswick, moved in to live affordably amidst Maine's growing housing crisis. Some tenants did not anticipate, however, having to spend their later years fighting mold for the first time in their lives.
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PublishedMay 24, 2024
Despite surging demand for long-term care, providers struggle to find workers
Those who tend to older adults face low wages and risk of injury.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2024
Opinion: The ‘Irish chip’ on President Biden’s shoulder is a good thing
The older I get, the more fierce I feel about the disruptive influence which we 'old' people can and should have on this moment.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2023
Older workers are a growing share of the American workforce
The share of older Americans who are working has doubled in the past 35 years, a new report finds. They're also working longer hours and earning higher wages.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2023
71-year-old charged with murder in woman’s death at Topsham senior housing complex
Resident Christine Miller, 64, died Tuesday of 'sharp force injuries,' police say. Robert McClure, 71, has been charged with murder.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2023
Maine residential care facilities rarely sanctioned, despite cases of abuse, neglect
The state cited dozens of incidents between 2020 and 2022, but only one resulted in a fine, an investigation found.
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