Health Calendar published Feb. 17, 2021
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Senior LinkAge Line
Older adults can contact the Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays to receive help with questions involving Medicare and health insurance, help finding services to stay in one s home or help to afford medication. Be sure to have a complete list of prescription drugs and dosages.
The Senior LinkAge Line is a free service of the Minnesota Board on Aging. The Senior LinkAge Line is the State Health Insurance Assistance Program and Senior Medicare Patrol for Minnesota. Specialists provide one-to-one assistance with all Medicare and health insurance issues. Live chat with a specialist also can be accessed online at www.MinnesotaHelp.info.
Employers turn to middle-aged workers as Taiwan population ages
02/13/2021 10:20 AM
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Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) Employers in Taiwan are increasingly turning to middle-aged and senior workers as the country ages rapidly, on the back of a shrinking population caused by a falling birth rate.
In 2020, Taiwan registered negative population growth for the first time, with 173,156 deaths versus 165,249 births, according to tallies published by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) in January.
By the end of last year, Taiwan s population had dropped 0.18 percent to 23,561,236 after peaking at 23,773.876 in 2019, MOI statistics indicated.
National data also revealed that the country had a record low 165,249 births in 2020, down 7.04 percent from the previous year. The number of deaths fell by 1.78 percent to 173,156, surpassing the number of births by 7,907.
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