VIDEO: 68 Years in the Fountain of Love
This video interview which was set to premiere last night was temporarily postponed. We are now ...
Family desperately searches for missing La Plaine resident Anthonely Nelly Prosper
A family from La Plaine is desperately searching for their missing relative, Anthonely Nelly ...
Daniel James replaces Ainsworth Irish as president of Grotto Home
After more than three decades, the Grotto Home for the Homeless, operated by Community Hostels ...
Rianna Patterson’s ‘Dementia: The Island’ documentary premieres at film festivals in Grenada and Guyana
Rianna Patterson, the founder of the Dominica Dementia Foundation, has created a documentary ...
PM visits elderly support facilities with focus on improved care
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said his government is continuing in its efforts ...
Dominicans owe senior person’s security and a sense of dignity, says minister
Parliamentary Representative for Roseau North Constituency, Hon. Miriam Blanchard has ...
Waitufit-360 celebrates one-year anniversary
Waitufit 360 celebrates one year since its official launch in 2022. A simple gathering that ...
ILO: 34.5 per cent of over 65s in Latin America and the Caribbean, have no income
The ILO has warned that old age-related social protection coverage is deteriorating, leaving ...
PM Skerrit calls for better systems to care for elderly
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says his government plans to put better systems in place to ...
Rianna Patterson to be given citizenship award by African Caribbean organization in England this Saturday
Rianna Patterson is the film director of an upcoming documentary called Dementia: The Island ...
ECLAC expert group meeting discusses new study on ageing
Experts from government, academia, non-governmental and civil society organizations met ...
Police investigate body found under Canefield cliff; PHARCS devastated by incident
The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF) has launched an investigation into the ...
Upcoming film by Rianna Patterson will focus on dementia in Dominica and the Caribbean
Founder of the Dominica Dementia Foundation, Rianna Patterson will direct a film ...
Minister responsible for Senior Security, Dr. Adis King, “putting policy in place” to address elderly abuse
Minister responsible for Senior Security, Dr. Adis King, has announced that her ministry is in ...
Young Dominicans urged to spend quality time with senior citizens
President of the Dominica Council on Ageing (DCOA), Ophelia Marie, has called on young people ...
Dominicans commended for minimizing the toll of COVID-19 on the elderly and centenarians
As Dominica observes the “Month of the Elder” for the year 2022, the government is ...
COMMENTARY: What does it mean to be a patient advocate?
This article is written for and on behalf of older persons in Dominica by an advocate for older ...
Dominica’s oldest living person celebrates her 108th birthday; three other centenarians celebrate birthdays this week
Dominica’s oldest living person, Anastasie Charles, has celebrated another birthday. The now ...
PAID POST: Call Me – The Trusty Taxi for Retirees
By now many of you have heard of this new innovative company called, “Call Me – The Trusty ...
Dominica’s centenarians decreasing due to COVID-19; highest number of deaths ever reported in one year says DCOA
Just two days before celebrating her 102nd birthday, Marcelline Francois Letang, one of ...
30 participants complete first GGAD/DCOA ‘Care for the Elderly’ training session (with photos)
Thirty individuals on island have completed and have been awarded certificates for completing ...