A CENTRE providing specialist care for the elderly at Whipps Cross University Hospital may be closed down to save money, it is feared. The Connaught Day Hospital, which is based on the Leytonstone site, provides rehabilitation and outpatient care for …

MANILA, April 9, 2011—The Episcopal Commission on Health Care conducted a symposium on Catholic Care for the aged on March 19 at the Paco Catholic School in Manila, in an effort to provide quality care for the elderly, understand their needs and make them feel they are part of society. read more

Social care for the elderly in Northern Ireland is “creaking at the seams” because not enough money has been devoted to it, campaigners said. The system is broken and struggling to meet critical and severe needs, the chief executive of Age NI told a …

It’s a duty that many of us will eventually assume — that of caregiver of an elderly loved one. Apart from the emotional demands, there’s also a financial cost caregivers must contend with — and should prepare for in advance. “You need to throw out the …

Before Medicare and Medicaid, 26 percent of the elderly were in poverty … Currently, Medicare operates so that when a senior gets sick, Medicare pays for the care, with a set lower rate to providers. Instead, Mr. Ryan is proposing what he calls premium …

Life is different at The Courtyards Senior Living, which recently opened a new facility at 300 Briarcliff Ave. Tonya Alexander, the facility’s administrator, recently spoke about what makes The Courtyards different from other elder-care facilities …

Marilyn assists her mother, Mary Herrin, 96, at the C.C. Young Memorial Home in Dallas as her brother, Bob, accompanies them. Marilyn retired from her job in Virginia four years ago to tend to her family members. DALLAS — It’s a duty that many of us …

There is a hidden tax break many local families don’t know about. Thousands of local families care for elderly loved ones. They are working longer hours, paying higher gas and medical bills and struggling to find the money and time to care for aging loved ones.

A cap on the amount people have to pay for social care in old age is likely to be a central recommendation of the independent review of social care funding. The government’s independent commission on the issue is due to report in July, with legislation …

Faced with the task of caring for her 79-year-old mother-in-law, raising her son and working full time, Julie Parker needed a little help. “I really did underestimate the amount of time it takes (in caring for an elderly person). You have to get her …