Elderly News

Didn't stop "because I just like to drive" VICTORIAN police have helped an elderly NSW man find his way home after an epic nine-hour road trip that took him more than 600km off course and far into the wrong state.

Share + Nov 20, 2009 12:58 pm US/Central CHICAGO 1 of 1 Bradley Brundidge, Daron Bush and Jayvon Lane are accused of beating and robbing a 62-year-old man during a home invasion.

Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the majority Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, cuts in services for the elderly and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to boost Medicare payments to physicians in a move that could help shore up support from doctors for a sweeping Democratic-backed healthcare overhaul.

Charities and local councils have raised concerns over the cost and effectiveness of new plans to offer free home care for the elderly and frail.

Labour peer Lord Lipsey has attacked plans for free personal care for the frailest pensioners as a "gimmick" and urged ministers to reconsider the move.

An elderly husband killed his poorly wife then committed suicide because he feared she would outlive him and become a 'burden' on their family.

Arlington police have issued a Silver Alert for an elderly man with Alzheimer's disease.

A San Luis Obispo police officer, currently under a criminal investigation for attempting to bring contraband across the border from Mexico, has faced allegations of elderly abuse in the past, CalCoastNews has learned.

Wednesday afternoon, Richard Dotson reportedly came to the home of his elderly mother, Mary Dotson.

Kirbyville lawmen are looking for a man who reportedly attacked a senior citizen with a hammer.

As President Obama and Congress craft the largest national health insurance program since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, they insist that the final product will add "not one dime" to the federal deficit.

Family members literally applauded a judge's sentence of eight months for a caregiver who admitted to assaulting four vulnerable veterans - in their 80s and 90s with dementia - at the Perley Rideau Veterans Health Centre.

Brain imaging can offer a window into risk for diseases such as Alzheimer's disease .

The Queen's Speech will set out a series of proposals that Gordon Brown hopes will resurrect support ahead of the next election, including plans for free care for the elderly and a pledge to cut borrowing.

Eric Steward, who suffers from slight dementia, left his home in the rural town of Yass, in the state of New South Wales, headed for Pambula, on the state's south-east coast.

Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly and the disabled avoid going into nursing homes, Democratic officials say.

A lawyer says an 86-year-old man will plead guilty to fatally shooting his 80-year-old wife last September in a botched suicide pact.

A new program is available in East Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes to help match people with community services so they can stay out of nursing homes.

An elderly Las Vegas, NV homeowner used his gun to fend off multiple home invaders early Thursday morning.