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Grandmother, 95, fighting for life after being tasered

A 95-year-old woman with dementia was tasered after staff at her aged care home, fearing she was carrying a knife, called NSW Police.

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95-year-old great-grandmother fighting for life after being tasered in nursing home police altercation

A 95-year-old great-grandmother is reportedly fighting for her life after being tasered when she was found with a knife in a nursing home.

The New Daily

"Significant strengths" found with care provision at Ayrshire nursing home

The nursing home was praised for its “very professional approach” to healthcare provision.

Daily Record

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Care home claims ‘revolting’ discovery in woman’s wounds was caused by heatwave

Kathleen Hines, 92, was having a cancer-triggered sore checked when staff made the revolting discovery

The Independent UK

Nurses union fears nursing homes won't pass on 'historic' $11.3 billion budget commitment to boost aged care wages

The nurses union warns the aged care sector has form when it comes to avoiding paying wage rises, and says the government must oblige providers to pass on a historic 15 per cent pay increase to all workers, not just those on award rates.

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Lincolnshire nursing home under investigation after most staff doesn’t show up

No medical staff and only a third of the staff showed up Monday when the facility changed owners, authorities said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ed Sheeran misses beloved Irish grandmother's funeral due to copyright trial in New York

Anne Mary Sheehan passed away at the age of 98 in Castle Gardens Nursing Home Enniscorthy in Wexford.

Irish Mirror

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Ed Sheeran heartbroken after death of Irish grandmother who inspired hit song

Ed Sheeran's Irish grandmother Anne Mary, who was known as Nancy, died at a nursing home last Tuesday

Irish Mirror

Ed Sheeran left heartbroken as beloved grandmother who inspired hit song dies

Ed Sheeran's Irish grandmother Anne Mary, who was known as Nancy, died at a nursing home last Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Religious hub for boys of Orthodox Jewish faith to be created

Conversion of former nursing home in Broughton gets the go-ahead

Manchester Evening News

'Workforce in crisis': Anglican Care site audit reveals ongoing issues

Anglican Care says it is 'operating closely' with the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to improve service at its residential aged care facilities.

Newcastle Herald

Incredible story of woman given away as a baby from Galloway stately home captured in new book

Stanella Clenaghan, of Terregles House, was born illegitimate – so described then – at a Carlisle nursing home on November 29, 1932

Daily Record

Medicare, Social Security could fall short over next decade, report warns

Medicare is forecast to be unable to pay full benefits for inpatient hospital visits and nursing home stays by 2031. Two years after that, Social Security won’t have enough cash on hand to pay full benefits to retirees.

Chicago Sun-Times

Elderly, disabled Texans wanting to stay in their homes threatened by low home care pay

AUSTIN, Texas — For 40 hours a week, Angela Blankenship takes care of Rick Frame, who’s been paralyzed from the neck down since a 1999 motorcycle accident.

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Mental health care by video fills gaps in rural nursing homes

KNOXVILLE, Iowa ― Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia.

Tribune News Service

End of COVID emergency will usher in changes across the US health system

The Biden administration’s decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for COVID tests.

ABC News

Public guardian forcing man with dementia to live in nursing home against his will

When Dan started suffering from memory loss and anxiety, it kicked off a chain of events that left him living in a nursing home against his will with little say over his future.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cases of superbug fungus rose dramatically during the pandemic

Candida auris is a form of yeast that is not a danger to healthy people but can be deadly to fragile people staying in hospitals and nursing homes.

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The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Nursing home residents rely on small stipends

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In nursing homes, impoverished live final days on pennies

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month

Daily Record

End of an era as famous West Lothian nightclub pulled down

Club Earth - also knows as Zen and Melvilles - will make way for a new nursing home

The Guardian - UK

‘We wouldn’t have sent Dad there’: CQC accused of failing to keep care homes safe

Bernard Chatting’s family relied on ‘good’ rating from CQC for Dorset care home and allege regulator’s delay in exposing risks led to his death

The Independent UK

Ohio woman admits to drowning grandmother because she couldn’t afford nursing home: ‘I feel like I put the dog down’

Heidi Michelle Matheny admitted to drowning 93-year-old Alice Matheny in a sink and bathtub

Tribune News Service

California dangles bonuses for nursing homes that add staff

SACRAMENTO, California — California is revamping how it rewards nursing homes to get them to improve patient care.

Miami Herald

Judge stands by dropping case against Florida nursing home boss in hurricane deaths

MIAMI — A judge doubled down on his decision to dismiss the case against the nursing home administrator who was accused of causing the deaths of 12 patients after Hurricane Irma left the facility without power for several days.

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