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From a shed behind his Magnolia home, Lonnie Butzske sews and donates quilts to area hospitals, bringing comfort and warmth to the sick.

Virginia Lash grew up in West Virginia as one of 11 children. But, at 86, only one brother and a sister are left, her husband is dead, and she has no children.

OLDER panto fans will receive a very special welcome at Rotherham Civic Theatre.

Older adults often do not realize or may even forget they have had a stroke and may not be a reliable source of medical information, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Nurses are experiencing a double-barrel of discrimination through both the gender wage gap and their employment in the Government-funded aged care sector, a new Federal Government report has found.

If you glance through the headlines, it might seem like an epidemic. No, we're not talking swine flu; we're talking investment scams.

Jean-Luc Naret, director of the Michelin guides, presents the 2010 edition of the Michelin Guide in Hong Kong.

An elderly couple is alive and well, after vanishing Wednesday afternoon. Kent County deputies say 89-year old Abraham Dewey and his 83-year old wife Leah left their Gaines Township home on 60th Street during the afternoon, driving to an RX Optical store on 44th Street.

COUNTY chiefs have denied that a shortage of more than 300 nurses and carers put frail elderly people and children in care at risk.

The N.C. Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert late Monday for an elderly Whitakers woman whose home burned down last week.

Dementia is the biggest cause of disability in old people in poorer countries and the problem and its costs for society will grow rapidly as populations age, doctors said on Friday.

JEFF HANSEN Growing older population causes UAB to add elder care to medical school curriculum BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

A HOSPITAL nurse has been convicted of assaulting two elderly patients. Lynette Freeth called dementia sufferer 80-year-old Barbara Beecroft a "silly old cow" and violently yanked her wrist, magistrates at Wakefield heard.

ALBANY -- A new law seeks to protect consumers by regulating 'life settlements,' in which the elderly sell their life insurance for far more than the value upon cancellation to get cash, often to stave off hard times.

Gordon Brown came under renewed pressure over how his promise of free care at home for the elderly will be met as figures showed a fall in government funding for dementia research.

A new University of California Davis study on physician job satisfaction found differences among medical specialties, with the happiest doctors caring for children and the elderly.

A Gloucester woman has been charged with running down an elderly nun in a crosswalk, then giving police her sister's name.

They're getting fit the Wii way. Residents at the Waterford Retirement Community have been stepping up to the balance board for the past eight weeks.

Who would deny health care to all Americans? Well, there are a lot of those folks in Congress, including nearly all Republican lawmakers, none of whom have rejected their own generous government health care plans.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 2:05 p.m. LAS VEGAS - Employees at a Las Vegas assisted-living and Alzheimer's facility could face criminal charges as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of neglect.

An autopsy report on Elizabeth Newby concluded that her death was a result of complications from a hip injury.

Advertising brand-name prescription medications directly to patients isa uniquely American custom, and a controversial one at that.

A gun-wielding robber held up an assisted-living center Sunday and escaped with prescription pain medicine, police said.

Among people aged 75 and older, the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba does not prevent heart attacks, stroke or death, a new study finds.

A HAMPSHIRE charity that helps care for older people is celebrating after raising A 1,800 through a daredevil firewalk.

A new analysis of studies including nearly 80,000 people aged 60 and older confirms that certain types of widely prescribed drugs, such as antidepressants and sedatives, can increase their risk of falling.

Democrats who united last week to bring a sweeping health-care plan to the U.S. Senate floor still need to settle disagreements in their own ranks to pass President Barack Obamaa s top domestic initiative.

One of our long-running political stories is the economic assault on the young by the old.

Federal health officials are trying to shift supplies of the seasonal flu vaccine away from chain pharmacies and supermarkets to nursing homes , hoping to counter a shortage that threatens to cause a wave of deaths this winter among the nation's most vulnerable population.

The Canton chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will feed more than 50 senior citizens at Joe Pritchard and Pat Doherity public housing complexes in Canton.

Seven certified nursing assistants recently received the 2009 Caregiver Award from the Ralston Center.

Senate Democrats' health care bill would create a new marriage penalty by imposing a tax on individuals who make $200,000 annually but hitting married couples making just $50,000 more.

With state funding cutbacks already underway, Jefferson County Commissioners are giving support to an effort to ensure that Tri-County Elderly Nutrition and senior citizens sites in the county will remain open.

The recent three-part series in the Star Tribune highlighting falls in Minnesota's nursing homes fails to share the full story and provide readers with the appropriate context regarding nursing home care in Minnesota.

Former caseworker Tande Rose worries every day about the elderly in Gallia County who may be hungry or without medications or even near death.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid won over the last of his partya s holdouts, bringing him to the verge of victory in the first big test of whether he can keep Democrats united behind health-care legislation.

PEEKSKILL - A six-member jury Friday convicted a Dutchess County man of misdemeanor reckless endangerment in the death last year of his 85-year-old father, whom he had left in a hot car on a July day while he went to work as a bus driver.

A bill that would require Massachusetts drivers age 75 or older to pass cognitive and physical exams every time they renew their licenses has stalled on Beacon Hill, and now a key lawmaker says the bill should eliminate age-based tests.

An elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years have pleaded guilty, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said.

Robin S. Jackson said it fell to her to care for her elderly mother, and both mother and daughter eventually paid the price for that decision, with Shirley Nutter dying due to neglect and Jackson being sentenced to prison.

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.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday accused four people and two companies of perpetrating a $30 million Ponzi scheme in which they persuaded more than 300 investors nationwide to participate in purported environmentally friendly investment opportunities.

Kentucky is getting deeper and deeper in debt and state agencies are being told to get ready for more budget cuts.

FRANKFORT - Tax increases won't be an option for shoring up Kentucky's shrinking budget, a leading lawmaker said Monday.

Relatives of elderly people who died in a blaze which killed 14 nursing home residents have given evidence as an inquiry into the tragedy got under way.

Firefighters pulled a wheel-chair bound senior citizen out of a house fire Sunday afternoon in Frederick County.

Members of the business and local communities are invited to attend a free seminar designed to help working families balance their busy lives while caring for aging loved ones.

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

Overall U.S. spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House of Representatives, according to a report by a top official at the agency that oversees the government's health insurance programs for the elderly and indigent.

No doubt you've heard of Toys for Tots. But what about gifts for grandmas and grandpas? The Elderly Christmas Gift Program began five years ago as a way to ensure older people living alone were not forgotten during the holiday season.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 7:20 pm US/Eastern Reporting Karen Anderson The family of a Boston crossing guard who was killed by an elderly driver is calling for some action by lawmakers.

An elderly Hickory couple says robbers have burst into their home twice in two weeks.

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A former Rochester nursing home aide is being charged for stealing nearly $2,500 from a 90-year-old resident.

The push to tighten restrictions on elderly drivers has stalled out on Beacon Hill.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 3:12 a.m. A state Department of Children and Families employee is accused of stealing from an elderly woman with dementia whose case she was assigned to.

Iowa will recoup $4.3 million from pharmaceutical companies that overcharged for medications.

THIS week Michael Caine makes a welcome return to our screens in Harry Brown, in which he plays an elderly former serviceman who is drawn to vigilantism while living in a run-down suburb.

A jury on Thursday recommended death for a 34-year-old Carson man convicted of slashing an elderly couple to death in their Cerritos home in 2004.

Three Woodland residents face life prison terms when they are sentenced next month in connection with the murder of an elderly man during a Vacaville home invasion robbery in 2006.

A 71-year-old man was beaten in a vicious attack in New Jersey. His attackers kicked and punched him as he lay on the ground, even hitting him over the head with a bicycle.

Mindi Marie Berry, 33, is accused by police of copying the 85-year-old Palm Beach woman's financial documents and making ATM withdrawals and debit card purchases from the woman's bank account - to the tune of more that $1,500. When confronted, Berry told Palm Beach Police detectives that she knew the woman had already been the victim of identity ...

Only around 36,000 of the 180,000 people on the drugs in the UK derive any benefit from them, it said.

Marcia Angell, a single-payer supporter and former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine , says she doesn't believe the House health-care reform bill is better than nothing.

Elderly people with weak muscles may be at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.

Nearly a third of Americans who die are in the hospital at the time and their last treatments cost the U.S. economy $20 billion, according to a report released on Wednesday.

An elderly local woman with Alzheimer's disease, reported missing at about 9 a.m. Monday, was found about five hours later by a neighbor and appeared to be in good health, the police said.

A WOMAN who conned an elderly Melbourne Catholic priest into handing over his life savings has been jailed.

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 .

Democrats in the House of Representatives scrambled on Wednesday to iron out lingering concerns over abortion in a healthcare reform bill that was headed to a close and potentially historic weekend debate.

Urged on by President Barack Obama, Democratic leaders in the U.S. House hustled Thursday to round up support for a sweeping health care overhaul headed to a close floor vote Saturday.

It looks like a scene from Robocop or one of the Terminator movies: A human steps into a sleek robot suit and is miraculously transformed, suddenly capable of astonishing feats of strength.

Officers from 12 Division are appealing for assistance from the public, as they search for a missing Mississauga woman, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Suzanne Walters- Castillo, from the Department of Professional Development, Programs on Aging, UW-Madison, will present a seminar on "Behavior Changes in the Elderly and their impact on families." The Wisconsin Rapids session will be held from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov.

Giving up car keys means narrower world for elderly Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 14:12 The soft-spoken Ohioan misses being at the wheel, "but there's nothing I can do about it," he said.

As I was talking recently with the founder of a large American corporation, the conversation turned to health care reform.

A potentially deadly stomach infection is on the rise outside of hospital settings, especially among the elderly, researchers warn.

A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Which former presidents have attempted comprehensive health care reform and why hasn't anyone succeeded? THE POLITICS: Many have tried.

Hundreds of seniors waved empty paper plates Wednesday to protest cutbacks in nutrition programs for the elderly that could eliminate thousands of meals for some of Oklahoma's most vulnerable citizens.

Tennessee lawmakers have been exploring the creation of a state Department on Aging and Adult Services.

The Atlantic City fire department was called out to the building at around 10:45 a.m., located on the 200 block of New Hampshire Avenue.

Some scam artists recently made another appearance in El Paso, and some elderly women have been swindled out of thousands of dollars.

A woman accused of bilking almost $22,000 from her elderly mother pleaded guilty Monday in Ramsey County District Court to one count of theft by swindle.

A vast majority of leaders in health care and health policy believe Medicare has been successful in providing access to care and stable coverage to the elderly and disabled individuals; however only a small percentage think the program has realized its potential to achieve other important goals, like using its leverage as the country's largest ...

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APPLETON - As counties including the Fox Cities start shifting to Family Care, the state's managed long-term support system replacing county-led programs, not everyone welcomes the change.

The state Department of Health and Hospitals plans to dip into several one-time revenue sources and cut spending on mental health, public health and prescription drugs to make up for a $308 million deficit in its Medicaid program , authorities said Monday.

A jury has convicted an 80-year-old woman of forcing her 82-year-old husband to live in the office of a junkyard, leaving him with a pot for bathing and couch for sleeping.

Illness and surgery don't contribute to long-term cognitive decline in seniors and don't accelerate progression of dementia, researchers say.

Although the plan could see the number of people receiving treatment increase ten-fold, concerns have been raised that staff would be spread too thinly across the county, reducing the quality of care patients currently experience.

A NEW generation of sheltered housing schemes for the elderly offering round the clock care has moved a step closer.

A Perry County duo are accused of scamming an elderly woman out of $14,000 during a 10-month period through their lawn care service.

Officials say the downturn in the economy has led to far greater exploitation of the elderly as younger family members prey upon older relatives.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 9:43 pm US/Mountain WESTMINSTER, Colo. Police in Westminster would like the public's help locating a missing elderly man.