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Nursing Home Delivers Mail and Adorable Baby Ducks to the Elderly

Nick Romano — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:30:22 +0000

We all hate getting bills to the point where some of us will even hide them in the freezer to put them completely out of sight and therefore out of mind. Volunteer mailman Steve Score of Minnesota’s Emmanuel Nursing Home has the unfortunate job of delivering such mail, but it looks like he’s found the most effective way of passing along these letters and all it took were some adorable little ducklings.

Do Women and the Elderly Cause More Car Accidents Than Men and the Young?

Amy Sciarretto — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:51:07 +0000

A recent study of accidents involving the gas pedals of vehicles yielded some age and gender-specific results. Female drivers hit the gas instead of the brake in two-thirds of these accidents which occur in static places like garages, as opposed to roadways due to spacing and reaction time. They also occur in drivers over the [...]

Streets Belong to the Elderly as Older Drivers Outnumber the Younger

Kathy Landin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:45:54 +0000

We’ve all heard the stories of elderly drivers with poor vision who drive through the front of stores or hit pedestrians — just watch South Park. If you’re one of those people who are freaked out by these often times urban legends, a new study from the University of Michigan might freak you out even more. Apparently, for the first time there are more older drivers on the road than younger drivers.