An Older People's Association is a group of older people working to help the members of the group, organise social activities, provide microfinance or conduct other charitable work. These kind of organisations also enable information sharing and peer support.
Famous quotes containing the words older people, older, people and/or associations:
“Our Germanys dead. However hard this may be for some of us older people, its a blessing for our children. Our children grew up against new backgrounds, new horizons. And they are free. Free to grow up as children. Free to run and to laugh without being forced into uniforms. Without being forced to march up and down streets, singing battle songs.”
—Emeric Pressburger (19021988)
“If the older generation are not upright, the young will not respect them.”
—Chinese proverb.
“[Asked by an interviewer, What do YOU want to be?]: What people want me to be.”
—Joan Crawford (19081977)
“Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free- floating disagreeable associations to a book by implying that the book is completely unimportant without saying exactly why, and carefully avoiding any clear images that could capture the readers full attention.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)