Elderly News

At a time when hospitals are releasing patients earlier, the elderly are living longer with many chronic illnesses and the traditional family unit is ever changing, more family members are faced with providing care for their loved ones.

This report by the Kaiser Family Foundation about elder poverty is shocking. I don't think people realize just how many millions of people are barely subsisting in their old age, but it's many more than the government likes to admit to.

Penalties for financially exploiting senior citizens soon will be tougher thanks to the passage of an elder abuse bill in the state Legislature.

He didn't look very old sitting there in his straw hat and colorful shirt but there was definitely something wrong.

If you are a senior who still browses through bookstores, you may be in for an unpleasant experience if you hit on a particular self-help section.

Tex Jones, 82, of St. Albans, dances with Rachel Brown of Scott Depot at the Kanawha Valley Senior Services' picnic at Shawnee Park in Institute.

The Alabama Legislature is making it easier to prosecute people who abuse, neglect or financially exploit senior citizens.

Judges in Michigan can impose tougher sentences on criminals who embezzle money from senior citizens and the mentally ill under a new state law.

Medicaid called Medi-Cal in California is the health care program run by each state with federal matching funds that covers specific categories of poor people, including elderly, disabled, families with dependent children, medically needy and others.

SOUTHEND United has helped elderly people keep fit and healthy by holding seated fitness sessions at care homes across the borough.

Mr Tan Swee Pek, 83; Mr Eddie Chan, 74; and Madam Lam Ah Won , 75, are among nine senior citizens dancing to the Lala exercise at St Luke's Eldercare centre.

Afternoon Update, sent weekday afternoons, keeps you up to date with breaking news and updates from later in the day.

Korea is aging fast. But what's even worse is that Korea hasn't made ANY improvements in confronting this issue over the past two decades.

The Ontario government and police are investigating a long-term care facility after a hidden video camera captured an elderly woman with dementia being abused by her caregivers.

The Great Recession saw unemployment rates double and the housing bust that proved far stronger and lasted much longer than anyone had expected.

As I write this, violent storms are marching through the Midwest. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes are creating a path of destruction.

In the latest roundup of accused Medicare fraudsters, Miami is once again one of the main players.

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She is one of the oldest volunteers in Birmingham - and a woman who was forced to flee the Nazis as a child.

The state of Ohio has received a $2.1 million federal grant to improve criminal background checks for those home health care workers who directly serve the disabled and elderly.