OLD AGE

(See also Aging; Centenarians; Gray-headedness; Hospice Care; Life Span; Longevity)

(Note centered heading below: Quotations)

ability of older people: g01 8/22 11

learning: g04 8/8 10-11; g03 12/22 29; g01 2/22 28; ct 53; w90 7/1 30; g87 5/22 3

learning foreign languages: yb07 17-18; km 6/03 5; g88 6/8 30

learning use of computer: g 11/09 7

memory unimpaired: g 2/06 4-5; g92 9/8 29

abolition: w11 4/1 23; w09 8/15 5-6; w07 6/1 30; g 2/06 8-9

abuse of elderly: g 10/12 28; w06 6/1 3-4; g94 2/22 29; g93 2/8 5, 12; w87 1/15 23

abandonment in hospitals: g92 4/22 28

Brazil: g01 9/8 29

forcibly hospitalized during family vacation time: g86 12/8 29

Japan: g94 11/8 28

aging gracefully: w15 6/1 8-10; w15 12/15 3

anxiety over: w16.07 20

appreciating older people: g04 12/8 10, 12; g99 4/8 31; g96 2/22 26-27; g96 11/22 30; g96 12/8 30; g95 6/22 15

appreciating older Witnesses: mwb24.05 16; w21.09 2-7; w20.08 22; mwb20.06 4-5; w08 8/15 17-18; w03 9/1 30-31; w94 8/1 27-28; w93 3/15 27-30; w93 9/1 26; g90 6/8 19; g90 6/22 22; w86 2/1 28-29

Jehovah’s appreciation: scl 84; w07 6/1 25; w05 1/15 8-9; w04 5/15 10, 15; fy 171-172

appreciation for Awake! articles on—

caring for elderly: g 12/06 28; g94 8/22 30; g91 7/22 30

growing old: g94 6/8 30

appreciation of older Witnesses for—

assistance: w94 8/1 30; w88 7/15 23

life: g93 8/8 20-21

young Witnesses: w21.09 8-13

attitude of older people toward—

aging: g 2/06 3; g03 9/8 28; g93 8/8 19-20

life: g 12/15 14; g95 6/22 14-15; g93 8/8 20-21

attitude of older Witnesses toward—

aging: w16.07 20; w13 1/15 19; w04 8/15 25; w97 8/15 31

clothing: w15 6/1 9

life: fy 169-170

limitations in sacred service: w24.10 28-29; scl 20; w22.04 11; km 7/10 2; w05 4/15 29

past: w93 3/15 30

privileges of service: w21.08 20, 23; w21.09 12-13; w17.01 27-28; w04 8/1 25; w97 6/1 26; w93 3/15 30

relationship with Jehovah: w24.10 28-29; w19.12 19

attitude of others toward older people: g01 8/22 11-14

baptism of older people: w18.03 7; w92 10/1 22-23

benefits from older people: w07 6/1 26-30; g 2/06 6-7; g01 8/22 14

in the workplace: g01 8/8 31

value of unpaid work: g05 1/8 28-29

benefits from older Witnesses: w93 8/1 30

helping young Witnesses progress: w21.09 8-13

in the congregation: w21.09 5-7; w17.09 32; w04 5/15 10-15

prayer for others: w07 6/1 29; g 2/06 6-7

benefits to older people of—

active life: g01 8/22 12-14

affection: g 12/09 22

balance exercises: g 2/11 13; g99 7/8 29

exercise: g 2/11 13-14; g 3/11 6; g05 5/22 6; g99 7/22 6; g93 9/22 28; g93 10/22 23; g87 6/22 29; g86 10/8 30

gardening: g05 4/22 15

generosity: w15 6/1 9-10

mental exercise: g 2/06 9; g99 7/22 6-7

oral hygiene: g96 2/22 29

physical work: g88 2/8 31

positive outlook: w15 6/1 9; g93 8/8 19-20; g89 9/8 29

productive activity: g95 6/22 16

religious life: g99 7/22 9-10

respect: g88 2/8 31

social life: w15 6/1 10; g00 4/8 28; g99 7/22 8-9

spiritual outlook: g93 8/8 21

walking: g98 7/8 28

weight lifting: g05 3/22 29

benefits to older Witnesses of—

faith: w03 1/15 14

mental activity: w07 6/1 22-23

Bible examples: w21.09 3-4; w04 5/15 11

Abraham: w07 6/1 27

Anna: w14 1/15 26; w08 2/15 7; w07 6/1 21-22; w94 5/15 26-27

Barzillai: w21.09 10; w19.10 21-22; w18.09 9-10; w07 6/1 23-24

Caleb: w04 5/15 11-12

Daniel: w07 6/1 22

David: w21.09 10, 12; w07 6/1 24

Jehoiada: w04 5/15 12

John (apostle): w07 6/1 24

Joseph (son of Jacob): w07 6/1 28

Joshua: w04 5/15 13-14

Moses: w07 6/1 22, 28

Noah: w07 6/1 26-27

Peter: w14 1/15 24

Samuel: w07 6/1 28-29

Simeon (saw Jesus): w19.10 22; w08 2/15 6-7; w94 3/15 24-25

Zechariah and Elizabeth: w94 7/15 26-27

brain capacity: g93 1/8 29

bad effect of high blood pressure: g96 8/22 28

care for older people: w04 5/15 15-20; g02 12/22 28; g99 4/8 31; w94 8/1 27-30; w93 8/15 27-30; w93 9/1 21-26; g91 3/22 4-9; w88 7/15 21-23; w87 6/1 3-18

Bethel family: w93 9/1 25

by Christians: w17.09 12

by congregation: w14 3/15 22-24; w09 9/15 20; w08 8/15 18-19, 21; w04 5/15 19-20; w03 6/1 5-6; w02 2/1 28; w94 8/1 29-30; w93 8/15 28-29; w93 9/1 25-26; w88 7/15 21-23; km 2/88 1-2; w87 6/1 8-13

by congregation elders: w14 3/15 23-24; w08 8/15 19; w06 6/1 6-7; w04 5/15 17-19; w02 11/15 24-25; w93 8/15 28-29; w88 7/15 21-23; w87 6/1 10-12

by family: w25.03 30-31; ijwbq article 164; w14 3/15 25-29; w08 8/15 18; w06 6/1 6; fy 149; w94 8/1 28-29; w93 8/1 28-29; w93 9/1 23-25; w93 9/15 16-17; w87 6/1 13-18

by fellow Christians: w18.09 30; w93 8/1 26-30; w93 9/1 25-26; w91 8/15 20; w87 6/1 12-13; km 9/87 3

by Jehovah: w08 8/15 17-21; w06 6/1 4-7

by offspring in full-time ministry: w14 3/15 22; w14 9/15 32; g04 6/8 8; w98 8/1 25-29; w93 9/1 26; w87 6/1 15-16; w87 6/15 27

by single offspring: jr 101-102

caregivers’ needs: ijwbq article 164; w18.08 24; w14 3/15 28-29; w08 8/15 21; g97 2/8 3-13; g97 11/22 30; w87 6/1 13, 17

children in congregation: g 8/06 24-25; w93 8/15 28-29

cruise-ship living: g05 9/22 28-29

decline: w97 9/1 3

effect of rise in number of: g05 7/22 29

examples: w08 8/15 19; w04 5/15 17, 19; w97 9/1 6-7; jv 306

field service: km 9/13 3; km 12/02 1; w93 8/1 29; km 2/88 1-2; w87 6/1 11

grandparents: g95 7/8 3-11; g92 7/8 18-20; g92 7/22 18-20

incapacitated mother: g90 2/8 16-17

Joseph an example: w04 5/15 16-17; w93 9/1 21

letters on Awake! articles: g91 7/22 30

meetings: w88 7/15 22; km 2/88 2; w87 6/1 10-11

neighbors: w94 8/15 20

parents: w25.03 30-31; ijwbq articles 130, 164; w21.01 32; it-2 782-783; w14 3/15 25-29; w04 5/15 15-17; w99 12/1 24; w97 9/1 3-7; fy 149, 173-182; g94 2/8 3-10; w93 2/15 23-26; g91 7/8 30; w90 3/1 20-21; g90 2/22 11; w89 3/1 13; w87 6/1 13-18; w87 6/15 25-27

practical care: w93 8/1 28-29

Ruth an example: w93 8/15 27-28; w93 9/1 21-22

spiritual care: km 12/02 1; w94 8/1 28-29; w93 8/1 29-30

State aid: w14 3/15 23-24; w93 9/1 25

traveling overseer cares for parents: yb93 45

video Display Unfailing Love in the Congregation—To the Elderly: mwb24.07 7

what older people can do: g94 2/8 10; w93 8/15 30

chart “Health Tips for the Aging”: g99 7/22 8

choice of living alone or with family: g90 2/22 3-4

computers:

e-mail: g00 7/22 29

coping with death of mate: w06 5/1 13; fy 170-171

coping with old age:

depression: g 2/06 5-6; g97 9/8 29

feelings of uselessness: w20.01 18-19; w08 8/15 19-20

crime by older persons (Britain): g04 2/8 28

criticism of caregivers by older people: w94 8/1 29

discussion: scl 83-84; w07 6/1 21-30; g 2/06 3-9; g01 8/22 11-14; g95 6/22 14-16

divorce:

avoiding “gray divorce”: ijwhf article 35

Japan: g90 5/22 28

driving automobiles: g02 8/22 13-14; g88 7/8 28

elders who are elderly: w04 5/15 13

attitude toward age and health limitations: od 40; w08 8/15 20; om 40-41

handing over certain responsibilities: w18.09 8-11

value: w18.09 10; w08 8/15 20

examples: w21.09 4-5

100-year-old blind Witness in nursing home: km 8/10 6

105-year-old pioneer: w92 2/1 29-30

106-year-old auxiliary pioneer: km 1/08 3-4

110-year-old: yb11 67; w07 1/15 32

60-year-old sister works on Assembly Hall: w87 8/15 27

73-year-old walks 280 miles to convention: w98 5/1 32

79-year-old sister with serious health problems: yb97 47-48

80-year-old pioneer: yb95 196

80-year-old walks to preach and for meetings: yb01 11

81-year-old learns greetings in 32 languages: w09 6/15 13

84-year-old at school to learn to read Bible: g04 9/22 28-29

86-year-old sister with cancer: km 2/01 3

90-year-old sister gets responses to letters: ijwex article 1

90-year-old woman gives birth: g86 12/8 31

93-year-old in university: g93 8/22 28

93-year-old’s zeal: yb93 190

95-year-old uses display stand: w98 7/1 25

96-year-old man legalizes marriage: w94 1/1 18-19

accomplishments: w99 4/15 3

active oldsters: g01 8/22 12-13; g93 8/8 20

active Witnesses: w07 6/1 22-23; w06 8/15 32; w04 5/15 11; w87 1/1 5

auxiliary pioneers: yb10 110-111; km 2/07 4; w88 7/1 13; w87 4/15 24

awaits traveling overseer with lamp aloft: w07 3/1 19

bedridden man: yb13 45-46

bus stop witnessing: yb08 53

care for aged mother: g90 2/8 16-17

care for aged parents: w99 12/1 24

care for aged Witnesses: w16.07 20; jv 306; w88 7/15 22

care for father after stroke: w93 9/15 17

depressed over limitations: w08 8/15 19-20

efforts to attend meetings: w07 6/1 22; w87 4/15 23

elderly sisters in pioneer school: w94 1/1 18

lady in the park: w01 8/15 11-12

learning ability: g04 8/8 10-11; g03 12/22 29; km 6/03 5

learn languages: w07 6/1 23

learn to read: yb97 183

mentally active: w07 6/1 22-23

missionaries (Japan): w95 3/15 21-24

offspring away as missionaries: g04 6/8 8

pioneers: km 2/03 8; yb01 220-221; w96 7/15 24-25; yb96 4; w95 1/1 19; w92 2/1 29-30; w91 7/1 17; km 2/91 1; w87 5/15 27; yb87 24; w86 1/15 20; w86 7/15 30-31

sisters 60 to 84 years of age lay sod for branch: yb96 27

special pioneer cared for: yb93 190-191

spiritually healthy: w07 6/1 22; w04 5/15 13

telephone witnessing: w06 8/15 32

twin centenarians: g92 7/8 29

video Jehovah Is a Strong Tower for Me: mwb17.10 8

widow invited to maintenance training: w20.01 18-19

world’s oldest man dies: g86 8/8 31

experiences:

102-year-old baptized: g91 3/22 9

103-year-old baptized: w02 4/1 32

107-year-old mother and 83-year-old daughter: w10 12/15 25

108-year-old baptized: w88 1/1 5

113-year-old and wife baptized: w94 8/15 24

60-year-old alcoholic and his wife: w96 5/1 30

70-year-old church treasurer: w90 3/15 22-23

70-year-old Jewish Israeli accepts truth: w89 7/15 28-29

70-year-old Presbyterians: yb14 48-50; w97 12/15 10

71-year-old Presbyterian lay preacher accepts truth: w87 12/15 25

72-year-old Anglican man in Sarawak, Malaysia: w89 3/15 28-29

74-year-old helped by Witness neighbors: w94 8/15 20

76-year-old Catholic woman and her sister: w91 1/1 29

80-year-old lady learns truth: w90 7/1 30

80-year-old man preaches: g97 4/22 32

80-year-old widow finds hope: w89 8/1 28

81-year-old lady who had associated with Bible Students: yb96 239

81-year-old woman legalizes marriage: w05 1/15 9

82-year-old woman: w12 6/15 32

82-year-old woman and family: yb02 60

83-year-old woman: yb06 154

84-year-old church-council member: yb00 137

84-year-old lay preacher accepts truth: w87 1/1 5

85-year-old lady baptized: w01 2/1 8

85-year-old veteran: yb02 62-63

87-year-old Anglican pillar accepts truth: yb92 57-58

87-year-old woman: w10 1/15 16

90-year-old photographer of churches: yb06 64

91-year-old lady baptized: g88 1/22 18, 20

91-year-old man baptized: yb10 110

92-year-old lady baptized: yb08 52

93-year-old believer in reincarnation: w10 2/15 12-14

94-year-old’s perseverance: yb95 46-47

99-year-old former Communist: w05 1/15 9

Alzheimer’s victim responds to Teacher book: g05 12/8 32

Awake! appreciated by nurse and patients: g97 3/22 32

career exchanged for full-time ministry: w89 5/15 28-29

contacted by telephone: w01 12/1 8

couple persist in reading Bible: yb94 51

couple who hated war: w07 2/1 23-24

depressed from loneliness: w03 7/15 5-6

elderly couple reached by phone: ijwex article 26

elderly man in penal camp: yb08 99

elderly man listens in on study in park: yb10 53-54

elderly Witness phoned by former Bible student: yb13 66-67

elderly woman who lost contact with Witnesses: yb16 63-65

expands ministry to workplaces: yb93 53

given up on life: w05 7/1 19

granddaughter buys two wooden plates: w93 9/1 22

helped to change light bulb: w13 5/15 12

homes for elderly: w05 11/1 32; g99 10/8 15

ill and nearly blind: yb93 190

illiterate shepherd: yb02 57-58

illiterate woman: yb97 130

impressed by hospitality at Kingdom Hall: g95 9/22 32

isolated lady in Greenland: w89 11/15 28

kindness to bitter widow: w12 6/15 32

kindness to older ladies: w13 5/15 12; yb98 55

kindness to old man in hospital waiting room: yb06 50

lady bookseller: yb08 52-53

lady chases after missionaries to obtain Bible: w88 10/1 24-25

lady getting off bus: yb90 8

modest attitude of young pioneer opens door: be 191-192; yb88 47

older woman who had lived in a convent: g96 4/8 11

partly paralyzed: w08 2/15 20

police station’s letter of appreciation: yb05 56

prompt visit brings tears: yb03 62-63

reading Isaiah 2:4: w99 2/1 27

recognizes truth read in Bible when young: yb96 214-215; jv 465-466

Russian couple in Israel: w89 6/1 24

sisters baptized at same assembly: yb00 136-137

ten-year-old shares Bible, lunch, and hat: yb13 52-53

unbelieving father: w97 9/1 7

Witnesses shovel snow: w07 10/1 6

fear of missing out on forbidden pleasures: w88 6/15 19

field ministry: km 10/02 8; km 8/97 1

assisting older ones: w18.06 24

encouragement to pioneer: km 6/03 5; w96 7/15 24-25

inviting older ones to share in: km 9/13 3; km 12/02 1

serving in foreign land: w14 1/15 24-25; km 8/11 4

serving in foreign-language field: w14 1/15 25

gray-headedness: it-1 995; w93 3/15 27

growing old with understanding: fy 169-170; g93 8/8 18-21

happiness during: w04 5/15 32; w98 8/15 9; fy 169-170; g95 6/22 14-15

happiness in marriage: fy 163-172; g93 4/8 29

help for the dying: wp17.4 8-10; g 7/11 15-17; g91 10/22 3-9

helping older ones in the congregation: mwb24.05 16; scl 84

honoring older people: w14 3/15 20-24; w10 5/15 6-7; w08 10/15 21; w00 6/15 21; w99 8/1 20; g99 4/8 31; w93 3/15 29-30; w93 8/1 28-29; w93 9/1 22-23; g91 3/22 3-4; w87 6/1 4-7

older parents: w14 3/15 21-22; w04 6/15 14; w00 6/15 21

Witnesses in adult care facilities: w21.09 4-5

how to treat older people: w08 8/15 19; g 2/06 7; g04 10/8 22-23; g95 6/22 15-16

incapacitated ones: g95 6/22 16

not using baby talk: g00 12/22 28

older faithful Witnesses: scl 84

intelligence: g 2/06 4-5; g89 9/8 29; g87 2/22 29

maintaining: g96 12/8 29

joy despite: scl 83

life stories:

A Hundred Years Old and Going Strong: w95 12/1 20-23

Grateful for a Long Life in Jehovah’s Service: w97 10/1 21-25

“His Loving-Kindness Has Proved Mighty”: w92 2/1 29-30

I Found Something Better Than Gold: w98 10/1 24-27

I Learned Bible Truth in Romania: w97 4/1 20-25

I Learned to Rely on Jehovah: w98 9/1 24-28

I Was Drawn to Wise Older Ones: w12 5/15 13-16

Jehovah Has Been My Refuge and My Stronghold: w89 3/1 10-13

Keeping Life Simple to Serve Jehovah: w00 3/1 20-24

‘My Cup Has Been Full’: w87 6/1 20-23

Old and Satisfied With Years: w02 8/1 23-27

loneliness: la 6

renting fake family members: g92 6/22 28

what to do: g99 7/22 8-9

maturity not limited to: scl 76

medical procedures to look younger: w13 1/15 19

medication: g02 11/8 28

misconceptions: g01 8/8 31; g01 8/22 11-12

need for water: g 2/11 14

number of older people: g04 10/8 22; g03 1/8 29; g01 8/8 31; g01 8/22 12-13; w99 4/15 3; g99 7/22 3-4; g95 5/8 29; g95 6/22 14; w94 8/1 27; g91 3/22 4-5; w87 6/1 3

Asia: g93 2/22 29

Canada: g89 3/22 30

care crisis from rise in: g05 7/22 29

centenarians: g 12/06 29; w99 4/15 3; g95 6/22 14

China: g97 1/22 28

Europe: g03 7/22 28-29; w94 8/1 27

Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g87 4/8 30

United States: g91 10/8 28; g89 3/22 30; w87 6/1 3

nursing homes: ijwbq article 164; w14 3/15 29; km 6/14 2, 4; w08 4/15 25-28; w08 8/15 29; km 4/08 6; g00 12/22 28; w93 8/1 29; g91 3/22 6-7, 9; w87 6/1 17-18

religious connections: km 4/08 6

nutrition: g 2/11 14; g98 9/8 29

oldest people: w10 12/1 12-13; w99 4/15 3; g98 2/22 28; g95 10/22 3

osteoporosis: g 6/10 19-21; g02 5/8 28; g99 10/22 28; g97 6/8 16-17

benefits of exercise: g96 1/8 29

planning for: w25.03 29-31

respect for older people: w18.08 11; w08 8/15 19; g04 10/8 22-23; w94 8/1 27; g93 2/8 12

decline in Asia: g93 2/22 29

responsibilities:

“aged men” (Tit 2:2): w94 6/15 19-20

“aged women” (Tit 2:3-5): w94 6/15 20-21

teaching younger ones (Ps 71:18): w14 1/15 23; w07 6/1 29-30

training younger ones: w21.09 12-13; w17.01 27-31

retaining spiritual vigor: w07 6/1 21-25; w07 9/15 32; w04 5/15 12-13

safety measures: g 2/11 13-15

serving Jehovah during: w19.08 5-6; w15 7/15 12-13; w07 6/1 21-25

more fully: w14 1/15 22-26

shrinking of body: g05 5/8 29

sight restored by shock of earthquake: g90 6/22 29

simulator: g99 3/8 28

singleness: w11 1/15 20

Solomon’s description (Ec 12:1-7): w08 11/15 23; w99 11/15 14-17

“caper berry bursts”: it-1 410

‘doors onto the street closed’: it-1 645

‘golden bowl crushed’: it-1 983, 1050; it-2 1154

‘grasshopper drags’: it-1 994

suicide: w06 6/1 3; g00 2/22 3-9; g99 4/8 31; g89 11/8 29; g86 10/8 31

swindlers target elderly: g97 9/22 6-8

video Display Unfailing Love in the Congregation—To the Elderly: mwb24.07 7

video Jehovah Does Not Forget Your Love: mwb17.05 4

visiting older people: km 12/02 1; g95 6/22 16

after field ministry: w94 8/1 30

shepherding calls: w94 8/1 29

willful sin not excused by: w18.08 11

wisdom: g99 7/22 11

working: g04 12/8 29

Quotations

don’t be miserable about your age—and don’t fold up when you retire: g93 8/8 20

even though my years drag me down, Jehovah continues to renew my strength: yb95 196

need not be feared. It can be rich and fulfilling: g93 8/8 19