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: 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 85; 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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 85-86; w07 6/1 21-30; g 2/06 3-9; g01 8/22 11-14; g95 6/22 14-16
divorce:
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: scl 86
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 85
intelligence: g 2/06 4-5; g89 9/8 29; g87 2/22 29
maintaining: g96 12/8 29
joy despite: scl 85
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 77
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
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 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