OLD AGE
(See also Aging; Life Span; Longevity; Retirement)
ability to do worthwhile work: g77 4/22 5
ability to learn: g84 5/8 30; w82 8/1 3-7; g80 12/8 29; w74 424; g74 12/8 18; g73 1/22 9; g73 4/8 31; g70 10/8 5; w69 566-567; w68 718; yb65 206-207; w64 675-676; yb64 132-133, 223; g64 10/22 30; yb63 213; g63 11/8 31; yb62 95, 231-232; g62 6/22 23; w60 108-109; g59 5/22 4; g59 10/8 12; w58 393-396, 547-548; g54 5/8 16; g54 7/8 19
80-year-old learns to read and write: w85 6/1 14
achievements of older people: w82 8/1 4-5
aged athletes: w82 8/1 3
assets of older ones: g70 9/22 4-6
benefits from association with older persons: g79 6/22 9-10
boredom: g74 2/22 10-11
brain: g84 5/8 30
cancer: g74 9/8 19
care for older persons: km 12/85 1-2; g79 6/22 4, 11-12; g75 5/22 24-25; w74 570; km 11/74 3; w71 516; w66 94; g65 10/22 17-20; g62 12/8 16-19
caring for aged parents: w81 1/1 3-7; fl 168-170
cause of: tr 28-33; g75 1/8 27; g73 1/22 11; g72 1/22 20; g71 2/22 13-14; g70 10/8 7, 9-10; g69 10/8 25-26; w68 569, 613-615; w67 711
myths concerning: ts 26-29
changing religion: tr 137; g73 11/8 28; w69 262-263
climate change: g72 3/8 30
consideration for older persons: g79 6/22 8-12; km 12/79 3; km 1/78 1; g75 5/22 25-26; km 11/74 3; km 3/72 3; w71 518; g70 9/22 6-7; w65 455; w62 438-442
coping with food costs: g79 6/22 6; g75 8/22 29
discussion: g79 6/22 3-17; g79 10/8 24-26; g73 1/22 9-12; g72 1/22 20-23
doctor-induced illness: g77 12/22 30
effect of accepting the idea of abortion:
“therapeutic” euthanasia for the elderly: w83 4/15 28
elders:
attitude toward age and health limitations: km 12/79 3
employment: g74 9/8 30; g72 11/8 30; g70 11/8 30; g67 8/22 30-31; g63 8/8 31; g62 9/8 3-4; g62 12/8 18-19; g61 2/8 13-16; g61 6/8 30; g59 5/22 3-4; g54 9/8 22
examples of longevity: g79 6/22 9; g76 1/8 30; g74 2/22 30; g73 1/22 10; g72 3/22 30; ad 1066; g70 10/8 7-9, 13
Arab man from the Jordan’s West Bank: g79 7/8 30
centenarians in Japan: g84 1/22 31; g80 12/8 30
centenarians in Soviet Union: g78 3/8 30; g61 7/22 29
centenarians in United States: g80 1/22 31; g63 8/8 31
experiences:
active Witnesses: g79 6/22 16; w74 285; w74 537-538; yb74 234; yb73 228-229, 251-252; yb72 52-53, 66, 101, 107-108; g72 1/22 23; g72 2/8 24; w71 339; yb71 78, 142-143, 199, 201, 248-249, 270-271, 297; w70 523; yb70 157, 201-202, 276, 303, 308; g70 12/8 23; w69 94, 152, 269-270, 566-567, 703; yb69 73-74, 139-140, 166-167, 182, 190-191; w68 18, 30, 467; yb68 22, 76, 155-156, 170; g68 6/22 26; g68 8/22 21; km 8/68 3-6; w67 118-119, 740; yb67 81, 92, 234, 265; w66 213-214; yb66 68, 150, 226; g66 3/8 27; yb65 79, 102, 123-124, 163, 165; w64 643, 675-676; yb64 209, 266; w63 383; yb63 101, 176-178, 205, 260; mg63 52; yb62 85, 106, 147-148, 159, 264, 281; w61 765; yb61 136, 164, 222, 225; w58 319, 547-548; g58 6/8 27; g57 3/22 28; w56 688; g56 8/8 27; w55 108, 188, 203; g55 1/22 28; g55 7/8 28; w54 140, 491; w50 25; w48 381-382; g45 12/5 18-19; w43 352; g43 10/27 26-27; g41 1/22 12; g41 9/3 16; w40 16, 192
aiding inactive ones: yb70 304
auxiliary pioneer: w85 6/1 14
blood transfusion refusal: yb67 72
caring for aged Witnesses: w81 1/1 7
centenarian learns truth: yb85 57
deaf man: yb71 211-212
nurse for aged mother: yb68 63-64
older persons learn truth: w82 8/1 5-7; g79 6/22 16; yb75 15, 22; w74 342; g74 3/8 21-22; g73 2/8 14; g73 11/8 28; w72 284-285; g72 5/22 24; w71 368-369; w71 415; yb71 125, 215, 283, 302, 313; g71 1/8 28; g71 4/8 23; g71 11/8 26; w70 135; yb70 99, 132, 157, 170, 225, 275, 294, 308; g70 11/8 17; w69 3-4, 702-703; yb69 151-153, 277-278, 281-282; yb68 81, 96-97, 138-139, 165, 190-191, 232, 239; g68 9/22 16; yb67 138, 185-186, 194-195, 203, 219, 305; yb66 73, 238; yb65 182-183, 211, 233-234; w64 675-676; yb64 132-133; yb63 268-270
pioneers: yb86 30; km 10/76 6
spiritual care given: yb69 73; yb67 71
faithfulness: w74 533, 537-538
God’s view of the aged: g79 6/22 8
habits of long-lived persons: g76 5/8 31
how young view the elderly: g79 6/22 7
incomes: g63 7/8 29-30
keeping active: g79 10/8 24-25
keeping good relationships: g79 10/8 25-26
loneliness: w80 11/15 4; g79 6/22 7; w67 131-132; g64 7/8 13-14
medical programs: g65 10/22 17-20; g62 12/8 16-17
need for companionship: g79 10/8 25
need for more light: g77 6/22 29
number of elderly persons: g79 6/22 4; g75 11/8 30-31
nursing homes: w81 1/1 5-6; g79 6/22 11-12; g73 1/22 12; g51 7/22 17-19
Oriental lands: w62 736
poverty: g76 11/8 30
prediction of a soaring number of the elderly by year 2025: g82 11/22 29
problems of older persons: g79 6/22 3-7; g78 7/8 3; g77 12/22 30; g75 5/22 24
progeria (disease resulting in premature old age): g71 2/8 30; g62 5/22 30-31
respect for older people: g79 6/22 8-9; g74 9/8 30; km 11/74 3; km 3/72 3; g70 9/22 3-4; g68 7/8 3-9; w62 466; g62 12/8 18; g61 2/8 14
retaining mental skills: g85 4/22 29; g84 5/8 30
retirement: g79 6/22 5-6; g75 11/8 12-16; g73 11/22 30; g71 12/22 3-4; g70 12/22 23; g63 2/22 31; g62 9/8 3-4; g61 2/8 13-16; g61 11/22 29; g59 5/22 3-4; w58 319; w55 134; g54 9/8 21-23
reversed in new system of things: ce 240-241; g79 6/22 12-17; go 8
self-control needed by elderly Christians: w67 403-404
senility: w71 516
link between aluminum and senility: g80 8/8 30
percentage who become senile: g79 6/22 6
Solomon’s description of (Ec 12:1-7): w84 6/15 12-13; w77 746; w48 380; w45 340-345
suicide: g76 11/8 30
survey as to whether childless persons fare less well than their age peers who are parents: g83 10/22 30
value of longevity: g77 4/22 5
visiting those confined to bed: km 11/79 1-2