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EATING LEAFY GREENS MAY STAVE OFF MEMORY LOSS


However, older people who ate one or two servings of vitamin K-rich food per day performed better on memory tests than those who didn't, he added... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 5

ELDERLY CANADIAN COUPLE MUST SPEND CHRISTMAS APART AFTER CARE HOME RULING


When talking to my parents yesterday I listened to my mother weep and I could hear my father in the background, said Phillips... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 259

UK STATE PENSIONS RANKED THE WORST IN THE DEVELOPED WORLDA


The British state pension is now worst in the developed world as it has fallen below Mexico and Chile, data shows... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 3923

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

23rd November, 2017 10014

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

13th November, 2017 438

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

30th October, 2017 0

NURSING HOMES TO BE AUDITED WITHOUT WARNING, GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES


Oakden last passed a federal audit in February 2016, the same time Bob Spriggs was there... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 10197

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

20th October, 2017 826

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

19th October, 2017 2049

TUNISIA HEALTH MINISTER SLIM CHAKER DIES AFTER CHARITY RUN


Mr Chaker was appointed health minister last month in a major cabinet reshuffle... READ MORE

9th October, 2017 420

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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

26th November, 2016 22290

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

6th January, 2017 12187

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

6th April, 2017 11170

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

1st May, 2017 6599

'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

18th July, 2017 6443

'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

29th January, 2017 4841

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

22nd February, 2017 4611

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

23rd January, 2017 4364

FOR 'GEAR-SHIFTING' BABY BOOM GENERATION, RETIREMENT MEANS REDEFINING WORK, NOT STOPPING IT


Nova Scotia and New Brunswick share the honour of having the oldest populations in the country... READ MORE

11th April, 2017 2382

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

28th January, 2015 2340

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

23rd August, 2017 2259

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

5th January, 2015 2167

REVEALED: THE BEST AND WORST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO GROW OLD


The Global AgeWatch Index was released on Wednesday to mark the United Nations International Day of Older Persons... READ MORE

2nd October, 2014 2079

ELDERLY PEOPLE WARNED OVER ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION


Experts warned that GPs were less attuned to drinking problems among elderly people... READ MORE

24th August, 2015 1963

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

9th December, 2014 1650

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

18th October, 2016 1611

TRUMPCARE HAS SENIORS RETHINKING EARLY RETIREMENT


Nevertheless, millions of older Americans face a gap in health coverage between the time they stop working and when they become eligible for Medicare... READ MORE

24th March, 2017 1608

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

11th March, 2015 1527

CANADIAN NURSE CHARGED WITH EIGHT MURDERS


The investigation was a joint effort between Woodstock Police Service, London Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police... READ MORE

25th October, 2016 1479

DEMENTIA NURSES PROVIDE A LIFELINE FOR CARERS THAT IS ALL TOO RARE


The CCGs co-fund the service with Dementia UK for two years and recruitment is currently under way to increase the number of Admiral nurses to seven... READ MORE

26th July, 2017 1457

UNDERFUNDED AND OVERSTRETCHED THE CRISIS IN CARE FOR THE ELDERLY


'It's like being at home, was the verdict that one resident at West Hall, a care home in West Byfleet, relayed to inspectors... READ MORE

11th December, 2016 1418

RECORD NUMBER OF UK CARE HOMES DECLARED INSOLVENT


A record number of care home businesses failed last year as the financial pressure on social care in Britain took its toll... READ MORE

5th May, 2017 1413

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

30th November, 2014 1372

HOW THE CARE CRISIS IS MAKING OLD AGE A NIGHTMARE


At 9am the 1 000 beds at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge were full... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 1292

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

20th April, 2016 1256

FOUR IN FIVE UK COUNCILS STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE OLDER PEOPLE'S CARE - SURVEY


A Department of Health spokeswoman said This government is committed to making sure older people throughout the country get affordable and dignified care... READ MORE

21st November, 2016 1206

CASH CRISIS COULD CLOSE 50% OF UK CARE HOMES


Otherwise, we will see more care providers pulling out of the sector, she said... READ MORE

1st November, 2015 1088

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

27th November, 2016 1029

SOCIAL CARE REVIEWER CONDEMNS UK SYSTEM AND CALLS FOR NEW TAX


Andrew Dilnot says adult social care system is 'most pernicious means-test' in the British welfare state... READ MORE

7th April, 2017 975

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

21st December, 2014 963


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