Peru claims Marcelino Abad is 124. Is he the world’s oldest person?
Peru’s Andean mountains may hold the secret to longevity and the world’s oldest ever person, if a new claim by state officials of a 124-year-old man born in 1900 are …
Seniors
B.C. launches spring COVID-19 vaccine booster program
B.C.’s health minister has announced a spring COVID-19 booster campaign, with shots recommended for seniors, Indigenous people over 55 and long-term care home residents in particular. Invitations to book a …
Burden of getting medical care can exhaust older patients – The Mercury News
Judith Graham | (TNS) KFF Health News Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on a patch of …
Getting older? Eat smarter to fend off IBS – Daily News
By Ghe Rosales-Vong, M.D. | MemorialCare Medical Group – Westminster As we age, maintaining proper nutrition becomes increasingly vital for overall health and well-being. As a primary care provider, I …
Her loved one got a $5,200 bill under the long-term care law. Ontario repeatedly said no charges were reported
For the first time, the Ontario government has confirmed seven people have been charged fees under a controversial law that says patients who refuse to move out of the hospital and into …
Billions in new funding for health care in Ontario budget
Ontario is set to inject billions of new dollars into health care, the budget for the upcoming fiscal year shows. The province said it is investing $2 billion over three …
Concerns grow over quality of care as investor groups buy not-for-profit nursing homes – The Mercury News
Harris Meyer | (TNS) KFF Health News Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. …
Bay Area nursing home operator settles lawsuit
A company operating 10 nursing homes in and around the Bay Area has settled a lawsuit by local county prosecutors and the State of California alleging it neglected vulnerable patients’ …
Edmonton hospital patient had been hoping for a care home. He wound up at a hotel instead
An Edmonton family is frustrated and upset after a 62-year-old man who had been in hospital with care needs was sent to stay at a hotel. Blair Canniff had been a …
San Jose’s Yu-Ai Kai center celebrates 50 years of serving seniors in Japantown
When the Yu-Ai Kai Senior Center in San Jose’s Japantown celebrates its 50th birthday, a half-century of memories will be shared at its Golden Gala on Saturday night. More than …