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AMBULANCE CREW GIVES TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT A SIDE TRIP TO THE BEACH
Tears were shed and the patient felt very happy, the Queensland Ambulance Service said... READ MORE›
UK AND US 'MUST LEARN FROM POOR COUNTRIES' TO SOLVE AGEING CRISIS
In just four years, what began with five older people associations has mushroomed into hundreds of such self-sustaining entities... READ MORE›
NURSING HOMES RETHINK SHELTER-IN-PLACE REGIMEN AFTER DEATHS LAID TO HURRICANE-EVACUATION DELAYS
DALLAS - Murky water started seeping into a Port Arthur, Texas, nursing home four days after administrators decided to shelter in place... READ MORE›
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY MOSTLY USED ON WOMEN AND OLDER PEOPLE, SAYS STUDY
The use of electroconvulsive therapy to treat serious mental health problems is more prevalent in women and older individuals, researchers have found... READ MORE›
ELDERLY COUPLES IN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES' PATH DIED IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS
He looked out the window to flames and immediately woke his 72-year-old wife, Lynne Anderson Powell... READ MORE›
TUNISIA HEALTH MINISTER SLIM CHAKER DIES AFTER CHARITY RUN
Mr Chaker was appointed health minister last month in a major cabinet reshuffle... READ MORE›
OUTNUMBERED BY 'GRAY VOTERS,' GERMANY'S YOUNGER GENERATIONS WORRY INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE IS AT RISK
Former president Roman Herzog had already warned in 2008 against a pensioner democracy, which would be condemned to a slow death... READ MORE›
DEATHS OF 11 ELDERLY AND MEDICALLY FRAGILE PATIENTS IN CARE HOMES ROCK FLORIDA
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA - Inside a sweltering nursing home, a crisis unfolded Wednesday as 150 centers across Florida still lacked power days after Hurricane Irma ravaged the state... READ MORE›
'IT FELT LIKE 110 DEGREE': EIGHT DIE IN 'INTENSE HEAT' AT FLORIDA NURSING HOME THAT LOST POWER IN HURRICANE IRMA
Police spokeswoman Miranda Grossman told local news outlets that fire and police crews began evacuating residents at the property in Hollywood Hills on Wednesday morning... READ MORE›
THREE QUESTIONED OVER MURDER OF DISMEMBERED GRANDMOTHER RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGE
Ms O'Connor's body was dismembered and dispersed across parts of rural Co Wicklow... READ MORE›
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HUGE RISE IN HOSPITAL BEDS IN ENGLAND TAKEN UP BY PEOPLE WITH MALNUTRITION
Official figures reveal that people with malnutrition accounted for 184,528 hospital bed days last year, a huge rise on 65,048 in 2006-07... READ MORE›
HALF A MILLION OLDER PEOPLE SPEND EVERY DAY ALONE, POLL SHOWS
Age UK, which commissioned the research, said the results highlighted a growing number of chronically lonely older people, which was placing increasing demand on health services... READ MORE›
HEALTH CARE COSTS HERE'S WHAT THE U.S. COULD LEARN FROM SINGAPORE'S PLAN FOR AGING WORKERS
Singapore's largest supermarket chain, NTUC Fairprice, has also focused on employing older workers, with roughly half of its employees aged 50 or over... READ MORE›
WORLD'S 'OLDEST MAN' DIES AT THE AGE OF 146 IN INDONESIA
Sodimejo had been preparing for his death since he was 122 and a gravestone was made for him in 1992 -- 24 years ago... READ MORE›
'GET OFF FACEBOOK FOR 20 MINUTES': POLICE OFFICER PLEADS AFTER ELDERLY COUPLE FOUND DEAD
Police officer tells people to get off Facebook, reach out to elderly after isolated couple found dead... READ MORE›
SHOCK FIGURES SHOW TORY PLANS ARE 'MAKING SOCIAL CARE WORSE'
Under the Better Care Fund councils receive money, mainly from the NHS budget, in return for introducing schemes to reduce demand for hospital care... READ MORE›
'NO ONE TELLS YOU WHAT OLD AGE IS LIKE. I DON'T CARE ABOUT RAISING HELL'
Miriam Margolyes 'No one tells you what old age is like. I don't care about raising hell'... READ MORE›
HOW ROBOTS CAN ENHANCE THE LIVES OF EUROPE'S ELDERLY CITIZENS
How robots can improve the quality of life of elderly people living alone at their homes... READ MORE›
POLLS SHOW UK'S CONSERVATIVES LOSING GROUND AS POLICIES SET OUT
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Conservative's policies would set the young against the old in a war between generations ... READ MORE›
13,000 PENSIONERS COULD BE FORCED INTO CARE HOMES AGAINST THEIR WILLA
Thousands of pensioners could be forced into care homes against their will under secret NHS cost cutting plans... READ MORE›
CARE CUTS 'LEAVE OLD HIGH AND DRY'
Hundreds of thousands of older people who need social care are being left high and dry... READ MORE›
BABY BOOMERS' DRINK AND DRUG MISUSE NEEDS URGENT ACTION, WARN EXPERTS
By 2020 the number of people receiving treatment for substance misuse problems are expected to double in Europe, and treble in the US, among those aged over 50... READ MORE›
NINE PEOPLE CHOKE TO DEATH EATING MOCHI RICE CAKES IN JAPAN
Every year, Japan's emergency services warn people to cut the mochi into bite-size pieces before serving them to young children or elderly relatives... READ MORE›
ELDERLY PEOPLE WARNED OVER ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
Experts warned that GPs were less attuned to drinking problems among elderly people... READ MORE›
HOUSE OF LORDS FEARED CHEAP CHAMPAGNE AND VETOED MERGING SERVICES WITH COMMONS
All told, she has been linked by the police and the news media to seven deaths... READ MORE›
IKEA SHANGHAI FROWNS ON ELDERLY DATERS WHO OCCUPY CAFETERIA
Sad news for elderly lonely hearts in Shanghai they can no longer look for love in Ikea... READ MORE›
OLDER WORKERS 'BOOST JOBS FOR YOUNG'
Keeping older people at work can also boost wages for younger employees, argues Ros Altmann, the government-appointed champion for older workers... READ MORE›
WORLD AIDS DAY TO BE MARKED AROUND WORLD
Ahead of World Aids Day, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) urged for more investment and access to treatment for children... READ MORE›
WORLDS OLDEST DOG? MAGGIE THE KELPIE DIES AGED 30
Owner Brian McLaren, a dairy farmer in Woolsthorp, Victoria, confirmed the news to The Weekly Times ... READ MORE›
HOW OVER-50S ARE CHANGING PATTERNS OF WORKING LIFE
Encore careers offer a bonus not least in the power to shift ageing from a problem to part of a solution... READ MORE›
NHS CRISIS GROWS AS YOUNG BRITONS TURN THEIR BACKS ON FAMILY DOCTORS
Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said failure to treat younger people outside hospital would add to the financial pressures on the NHS... READ MORE›
MEET THE PENSIONERS NEXT DOOR: I DONT LET THEM KNOW I AM LONELY
I want to be independent Homa Khaleeli meets Frances London Frances is not impressed with Jeremy Hunt's latest idea... READ MORE›
THE WORLD'S OLDEST TWO-FACED CAT HAS DIED
Born with three eyes, two noses and two mouths, Frank and Louie belonged to a group known as Janus cats, named after the Roman god... READ MORE›
WORLD'S OLDEST PERSON HAS LOTS OF COMPANY IN JAPAN
Already, a quarter of Japan's population of about 127 million is 65 years or older, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare... READ MORE›
FILIPINO HELPED RESCUE ELDERLY COUPLE WHEN TYPHOON HIT MACAU
A heroic Filipino man rescued an old couple caught in floodwater when typhoon Hato hit Macau last week, despite not knowing how to swim... READ MORE›
BABY GIRL 'STARVES TO DEATH' IN CAR AS PARENTS VISIT AMERICAN BUFFET RESTAURANT
Betsey Kee Stephens was strapped into her seat in her parents car, which was parked outside the Golden Corral chain restaurant in Lakeland, Florida... READ MORE›
ISTANBUL SUICIDE BOMBER 'REGISTERED AS A REFUGEE A WEEK BEFORE ATTACK'
Only one person was arrested in direct connection with Tuesday's attack, which killed 10 German tourists and wounded another 15 people... READ MORE›
MEET THE YOUNGSTERS HELPING SOLVE JAPAN'S CAREGIVING CRISIS. LIKE KUNIO ODAIRA, 72.
Kunio Odaira, 72, started working at the Cross Heart nursing home in Yokohama, Japan, after retiring from his job in sales at an auto parts maker... READ MORE›
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT OUR AGEING POPULATION
If you're an older person or work with older people, you can share your thoughts by filling in the form below... READ MORE›
INSIDE WEST ALEPPO: CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL RISES IN REBEL ASSAULT AS DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR BLOODY BATTLE
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