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The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.

The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community healthcare workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.

Caregiving Without a Net: Poll Shows Who Needs Help Most

Many older caregivers face financial stress and aren’t aware of or don’t use programs designed for them, especially if they don’t have friends or family to help them out The post C...

Pflegeheim-Chaos in Laatzen: Angehörige verzweifeln an Ambiente Care – 59 Bewohner müssen Seniorenresidenz verlassen

Ausbleibende Gehaltszahlungen und weitere Probleme: Der Betreiber der Seniorenresidenz Laatzen bei Hannover, Ambiente Care, ist offenbar insolvent. Innerhalb weniger Stunden müssen...

Gesundheit: Viel mehr Pflegeanträge in NRW - «Kraftakt für Angehörige»

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Dental care for people with special needs

Everyone deserves access to dental care. Some people may need extra support, time or specialist facilities to receive treatment comfortably and safely. Who may need special car...

Pflegereform und Einsparungen: Sind viele Pflegebedürftige noch zu fit?

Immer mehr „leichtere Fälle“ stellen Anträge auf Geld von der Pflegeversicherung, sagt eine Studie im Auftrag der Kassen. Das passt zur Spardebatte. mehr...

People with disabilities ask NC legislators for funding to support community living

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families stressed to North Carolina legislators the importance of helping the thousands of people waiting for assi...

NC Prison System Strained by Growing Need for Long-Term Care

As the prison population ages, specialized long-term care beds are full, forcing the N.C. Department of Adult Correction to send some patients to a private facility that costs abou...

Care for the Elderly

PORTLAND, USA, April 15 (IPS) - Who should be responsible for providing care and covering expenses for the elderly? Should it be governments, the elderly themselves, their familie...

The system must help the family caregivers

Finding care for my mother in law after an operation - Excedeuil

Normally a hospital will not release a patient after an operation unless plans are in place. And there is a system for that, with options. A doctor can give a prescription for af...

Feeling Invisible, Many Disabled Caregivers Also Need Support

Over one-third of family caregivers in the U.S. have disabilities—and are more likely to be caregivers than people without disabilities. The post Feeling Invisible, Many Disabled C...

Pflegeheim wirft Bewohner raus – so wehren Verbraucher sich

Ein Pflegeheim aus der Nähe von Hannover hat seine Bewohner von einem Tag auf den anderen vor die Tür gesetzt. Der Grund ist unklar. Wie Verbraucher reagieren können.

Pflege im Wunschheim: Was die Kasse Ihnen zahlt

Pflegeheim wählen: Was die Pflegekasse zahlt, wann sie nicht zahlt und welche Kosten im Wunschheim auf Sie zukommen.

Health care professionals and leaders want change as more older Milwaukee residents become homeless 

Homelessness among Milwaukee’s older adults is rising due to a lack of resources, isolation and other systemic gaps. Leaders and health care wor...

Parents Left Behind in the Same City

“Mein dugna paisa doonga, aap wahan jao, mere paas time nahi hai, mein wahan nahi hoon.”The sentence was not loud, yet it echoed. Not because of the offer of “double money,” but be...

Family Health Needs of Disabled Elders Explored

In the rapidly evolving landscape of geriatric care, understanding the unique health needs of disabled older adults who live within community settings has become a critical priorit...

'Helpipedia' is a directory launched to help special needs community find the care they need

It can be hard to find health care providers who meet the needs of everyone, but a new directory is helping.

Care shortage expected as population grows older

Family caregivers across Kansas nurture those in need. They should be taken care of, too.

There has been a lot of discussion about family caregivers in America. Comments have been made that caregivers shouldn’t be paid and provide caregiving for free. There are so many...

Eligibility for care at Ilford Park Polish Home: who can apply

Ilford Park Polish Home in Devon is welcoming applications from eligible individuals.

Families caring for disabled relatives face unthinkable choices as Medicaid cuts loom

Melissa Gonce used to cry when her son came home from his day program soaked in urine, dehydrated and distressed. Jason, 28, is nonverbal and profoundly disabled, with significa...

Care and abandonment

The incidents involving illegal elderly care homes and rackets exploiting the elderly are too frequent to be dismissed as isolated events.