Elderly News

After more than a quarter century living on her own in senior housing, 95-year-old Cornelia Kane of Philadelphia finally needed help.

Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House, appeared before a cheering crowd of nearly 100 people in a steamy union hall yesterday to denounce the "record of failure" of the Bush administration and promise a ...

The government says the president of a suburban Richmond company that provides home care aides to the elderly and ill has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

The new Medicare law that was passed over U.S. President George Bush's veto contains important changes for participants, analysts said.

Commonly viewed as an inevitable consequence of aging and often ignored in clinical practice, falls among the elderly were cut by 11 percent when researchers at Yale School of Medicine used a combination of ...

When Hazel Homer was 99, more than one doctor advised that there was little to be done about her failing heart except wait for it to fail a final time.

Physical activity is a good thing for nearly everybody and clearly boosts alertness and a sense of well-being. So can we use it as a treatment for elderly patients with dementia? That's a good question, but ...

A venerable New Orleans hotel is making a comeback as a home for retirees. The Pontchartrain Hotel on St.

VIENNA, Austria : Austria's "angels of death" - two former nurses' aides serving life sentences for killing at least 20 elderly patients by injecting them with drugs or forcing water into their lungs - will be ...

An advocacy group for the elderly wants patients in New Jersey to know which hospitals are safest and which have the most slip-ups. The AARP New Jersey is asking the Health and Senior Services Department to ...

Around 50 elderly and frail residents were rescued last night after a Metairie nursing caught fire, according to a Jefferson Parish fire official.

In a victory for the nation's elderly and many military families, Congress on Tuesday made the right move: It rejected President Bush's veto of legislation protecting doctors from a steep slash in reimbursement ...

The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office is unveiling a database with personal information so emergency responders can better help elderly and disabled residents.

Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 1:02 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 1:07 p.m. BRADENTON A 94-year-old Bradenton man whose arrest in a prostitution sting here caused an international buzz ...

A 67-year-old woman died in an apartment fire at a west Shreveport retirement complex Tuesday morning.

Families are moving to the countryside to bring up their children away from city life and using broadband connections to work from home.

Ontario's government watchdog is expected to announce Wednesday if he'll investigate whether the Liberals are doing enough to ensure the safety and dignity of elderly residents in the province's nursing homes.

More than one-third of elderly patients on Medicare take a companion with them for routine medical visits.

President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a bill designed to protect doctors from a 10.6 percent cut in their reimbursement rates when treating Medicare patients.

NEWARK -- A St. Louisville woman is contending she had no role in her boyfriend's bilking of two elderly people for which he was sentenced to a dozen years in prison earlier this year.