Some of the elderly men, serving long sentences, have terminal illnesses, and may die in prison, with little access to palliative care.
On a recent trip to a medium security prison that I and other Massachusetts legislators took, an elderly inmate serving a life sentence who was dying with lung cancer asked me, "After I die, where is my body going to be buried?" I did not know the answer, but I found out before I left the prison.
Hence, our dataset is not a representative sample but rather we observe all the elderly inhabitants served by our health service, which corresponds to almost the entire elderly population in the Basque Country.
He arrived in Marseille with toothpaste rubbed in his hair, which was supposed to make him look elderly and serve as a disguise.
Her involvement with our organization spans nearly six decades of faithful service, as she was an active supporter and advocate on behalf of the elderly we serve.
"This tiny restaurant is in a traditional Danish homestead 10km north of the city where the serene elderly owner serves delicate slivers of smoked deer, seared Danish freshwater fish and rugbrød (rye bread)." Søllerød Kro, Søllerødvej 35 (+4580 2505, soelleroed-kro.dk).
It was overwhelmingly salty, but the rest, rinsed in fresh water, were blissfully sweet and custard-like, with no hint of the metallic flavor that mars the elderly uni served at second-rate sushi bars.
The Canadian writer Margaret Atwood won the 2000 Booker Prize tonight for "The Blind Assassin," a novel in which the reminiscences of an elderly woman serve as the starting point for an intricate series of stories within stories.
So-called "secret mothers," usually elderly women, serve as liaisons between the expecting mother and the professional health workforce from the time of conception until 42 days after delivery.
With the number of apparel factories down to a few dozen, many workers have been retrained as home health aides, but the elderly they serve are dispersed around the five boroughs.
