elderly

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Extremely hot weather.
Health1-1-2
Older adults living at home face rising heat-related health risks as oversight declines
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A caregiver assisting an elderly individual with a mobility walker.
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch Cabinet pushing €420 mil. into a new style of care home for senior citizens
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Cyclists on an Amsterdam road kept wet to cool it down during a heatwave
HealthTechNature
Heat: Schools implement special rosters, Amsterdam sets up cool-down spots
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Elderly man drinks beers.
HealthBusinessCultureLifestyle
Nijmegen nursing home allows controlled drug and alcohol use for elderly with addictions
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An elderly couple at a beach.
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch state pension holiday allowance jumps 20% in 2026, up 47% since 2023
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The e pedestrian crossing from the Stadspolder station toward the shopping center in Dordrecht, where a boy on a fatbike attacked an grandfather and another passerby on 7 May 2026
Crime
Boy on fatbike attacks elderly man, bystander in Dordrecht; Police seek witnesses
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Elderly couple sitting on a bench
HealthBusinessCultureLifestyle
Average retirement age climbs to 66 years and 4 months
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Elderly couple sitting on a bench
BusinessCultureLifestyle
Senior buyers boost Dutch housing market by freeing up large family homes
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A woman enters a polling station in Amsterdam to vote in the European Parliament election on 6 June 2024.
Politics
Local parties attract mainly older, right-wing voters
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Oost-Brabant court
Crime
Court convicts Eindhoven man, 81, who said he stabbed wife to death while sleepwalking
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Teenager wanted for posing as cop and robbing a 90-year-old woman in Breda, 3 September 2025
Crime
Video: Teen posing as police officer used 90-year-old woman’s walker to steal her safe
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A woman slipped on an icy road
Health1-1-2TechNature
Icy roads sent hundreds to hospitals with broken bones over the weekend, mostly elderly
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Seniors biking
Health
Netherlands now officially has more elderly residents than young people
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Older people walking on a street.
Culture
Netherlands faces second aging wave as birth rates fall; Population could drop below 10M
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Traffic accident on the A73. Five people injured.
Politics
Current policy wil increase traffic deaths; "Unpopular measures" needed for road safety
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Automatic stair lift on staircase taking elderly people and disabled persons up and down in a house
Business
Senior citizens want to vacate too big homes, but have nowhere to go or can't afford to
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Organ donation
Health
More automatic organ donors as Dutch do not actively register their choice
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A woman is renovating.
BusinessCultureLifestyle
Most Dutch homeowners, especially over 60, choose renovation over moving
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Corridor in a nursing home
Health
Record number of over 65-year-olds in emergency rooms after falling
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Crime scene tape
Crime
Elderly woman found dead in Amsterdam home; Police investigating potential murder
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French police
1-1-2
Dutch elderly couple missing in France for days, family fears for their safety
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Street with different homes in Gorinchem
Business
Third of Dutch over 55 able to downscale to smaller home; Many struggle to find one
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Elderly woman opening the door
BusinessCultureLifestyle
Aging population drives household growth, single-person homes on the rise
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Ambulance in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Video: Elderly man falls into open manhole and drowns in Zuid-Holland town