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Elderly at risk from snow in Scotland
In Scotland – where yellow weather warnings remain in place – the government has opened up an emergency funding scheme to help local authorities cope. Ciaran Jenkins reports.
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Elderly protest in Venezuela
Pensioners are in the front line of protests against beleaguered president Nicolas Maduro.
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NHS: growing number of elderly waiting in A&E
The Government continues to deny it’s a crisis, but new figures from the health service information centre, NHS Digital, show that the number of elderly people waiting for more than 12 hours in A&E departments in England has more than doubled in the last two years.
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‘Anti-elderly’ drug proposals rejected by Nice
Health experts reject proposals reportedly being considered by the government to assess a patient’s benefit to society when deciding to pay for new drugs.
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Loneliness of elderly people a ‘national shame’
There is a collective “national shame” in ignoring the emotional needs of elderly people, according to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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Keogh: high death rates in elderly an ‘inconvenient truth’
NHS Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh responds to Channel 4 News’ exclusive report about high death rates in the health service.
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Elderly men found in Texas ‘dungeon’
Four men found living in a “dungeon” in Houston, Texas said they were being held against their will so their captor could cash their benefit cheques.
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Rich and elderly? Give back your free bus pass, says IDS
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says better-off older people should hand back benefits like free bus passes and free TV licences if they do not need them.
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Inheritance tax rises to pay for elderly care
Thousands more people are likely to be hit with inheritance tax to pay for an extension in state support for elderly care, under new plans by the coalition.
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Elderly widow dies after left alone for nine days
An elderly widow has died in hospital after she was left in her home alone for nine days without food, water or medication. Reporter Jane Deith examines what went wrong.
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Floods claim fourth victim as elderly woman’s body found
As the downpours that have swept parts of England and Wales in the last 48 hours begin to ease, a woman’s body is found by police evacuating flooded homes in St Asaph, north Wales.
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Elderly home care ‘disgraceful’
Older people are suffering “disgraceful” home care including missed medication and confinement to soiled beds, according to an undercover investigation by Which?
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Patronising the elderly like ‘racist or sexist abuse’
Patronising elderly patients and using terms such as “bed-blocker” or “dear” should be banned, according to a report aimed at improving standards in hospitals and aged care homes.
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Elderly left ‘lonely, isolated and at risk’ by care services
Social care experts have written to the government urging it to overhaul England’s “failing” social care system, which they say is leaving 800,000 elderly people “lonely, isolated and at risk”.
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Can we fix our attitude to the elderly?
The last year has seen several reports highlight poor care of the elderly. One campaigner tells Channel 4 News the UK is “in denial” about the changes we need to make to cope with our ageing society.