Research by Age UK has shown that councils are set to cut up to £600m from budgets for caring for the elderly.

A hallmark of a thriving community is how it cares for its most vulnerable — the very young, the disabled and the very old. A coalition of medical, public safety and civic organizations has begun to tackle the challenges of that last category, sadly the one most often neglected.

Lynchburg, VA - The number of people caring for elderly parents is on the rise. Every day, 10,000 people turn 65 and that is expected to continue until the year 2030, according to Home Instead Senior Care.

June 14, 2011 –

AN action day to raise awareness about abuse of the elderly is being backed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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In this week’s Your Money, Declan Curry looks at the cost of care for the elderly following the financial crisis that has hit the care home company Southern Cross.

Countries must face up to the challenge of caring for ageing populations, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

May 26, 2011 –

INSPECTORS have raised serious concerns about the way some NHS hospitals treat elderly people. Three health trusts have broken the law when it…

The Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW (National Council of Jewish Women) Center for Women, 513 W. Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, will hold a support group for Women Caring for an Elderly or Ill Family M

EL PASO - May is “Older Americans Month,” and Adult Protective Services wants to remind us all to care for the elders in our community. It’s a story Irma Fierro knows all too well; her father, who had dementia, passed away after wandering off. read more

Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr. 2011 Mar 1; 9(1): 91-100
Rigaud AS, Pino M, Wu YH, DE Rotrou J, Boulay M, Seux ML, Hugonot-Diener L, DE Sant’anna M, Moulin F, LE Gouverneur G, Cristancho-Lacroix V, Lenoir H

The increasing number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease raises the question of their caring at home, especially when the disease causes disability and negative consequences in daily life such as isolation, falls, wandering, errors in drug taking. Furthermore, caregivers bear a substantial burden that can have adverse effects on their physical and mental health. New technologies of information could play an additional role as care providers without substituting family or professional caregivers help. A review of literature focused on the different technological solutions conceived for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and their carers shows that these appliances could help to provide reminders in daily life (drugs, tasks and appointments, meals cooking), to activate residual cognitive resources by computerized cognitive stimulation intervention, to reduce stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients by visual contact with families and professionals (webconference), to contribute to patients safety by detecting falls and wandering, and to help families in the caring of patients with computerized information and counselling interventions. We also discuss the current limitations for a widespread use of these technologies and outline future research avenues. True needs of end-users are still poorly known and should be more clearly defined. Simplicity of the use of these appliances should be further improved. Demonstration of medical and social benefits for elderly people should be carried out in randomized, controlled studies. Ethical reflexion should be developed in conjunction with the use of these gerontechnologies. Finally, the economical model which would enable the providing of these appliances to the largest number of patients and caregivers should be implemented. Although these gerontechnologies are promising, research is still needed to tailor them properly to the needs of end-users, assess their benefit in ecological context of people with Alzheimer’s disease in order to provide them with appropriate tools in daily life.