Elderly News

PENSIONERS should be allowed to take their pets into nursing homes, according to a care home manager.

Indiana's human services agency said Tuesday it will slice $34 million from its budget by paying hospitals less to treat Medicaid patients, renegotiating contracts with most of its vendors, moving some offices and leaving about 400 jobs unfilled.

This week's DVD releases include a stunning animated feature from Disney/Pixar and an intriguing Ashton Kutcher drama that earns its R rating.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 220-215 on Saturday to pass legislation overhauling the nation's $2.5 trillion health care system.

When a New York City jury convicted Anthony Marshall, 85, the only child of millionaire-socialite-philanthropist Brooke Astor, of 14 counts of fraudulently squeezing huge sums out of his late mother's $180 million estate, many observers thought it was an isolated case of financial patricide.

Police are trying to find the gunmen who followed an elderly pair to their retirement community, robbed them, stole their car and shot the man in the neck.

An early morning three-alarm retirement home fire frightened dozens of elderly residents in North Dallas this morning.

Despite living six to eight years longer than men, women lack essential health care throughout their lives, particularly as teenagers and elderly people, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

A list of some of the state tax exemptions, credits and deductions approved by lawmakers and the Oklahoma Tax Commission's estimate of their cost: - Livestock purchased outside Oklahoma and brought into the state for feeding or breeding purposes, and which is later resold, $48 million.

Oklahoma gives away billions of dollars in tax revenue through hundreds of exemptions, credits and deductions that some lawmakers say the state may no longer be able to afford as it slips deeper into a revenue shortfall.

Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting procedures to treat carotid stenosis--the narrowing of the carotid artery--is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical outcomes, including heart attack and stroke, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

A DIAGNOSTIC test that can help distinguish between symptoms of depression and early Alzheimer's has been developed by Scottish researchers.

A missing 87-year-old Torrington man has been found, according to police. Alfred Evans, who has dementia, was found by Troop K police at a Citgo station in Colchester, Torrington Police Sgt.

Caring for senior citizens is a responsibility for all and the community's acknowledgment would make them feel that they are not neglected and forgotten by the society.

The secretive and controversial Court of Protection - which controls the finances of some of Britain's most vulnerable people - is taking an average of four months to release people's cash, while charging them 400 to apply for it.

U.S. House of Representatives passed a historic overhaul health care reform bill on Saturday night, which was considered a big boost to President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.

AN elderly man is fighting for his life following a fire at a retirement unit in the state's southeast last night.

When Neal Hovey's 91-year-old mother-in-law broke her hip and couldn't drive, the Health Tech Ambulance president was scared at the thought that her equally elderly boyfriend would be driving both of them on their errands.

Medicare and Medicaid, the federal government's health insurance programs for the elderly and poor, play a big role in the health care reform proposals being considered on Capitol Hill.

Back in 2003, Republican leaders praised the AARP for its support of President Bush's unfunded and deeply flawed Medicare prescription benefit .