The government last year “purchased” 298 beds in the private sector to address a growing waiting list of elderly people who seek to enter homes specifically catering to their needs, the Ministry of ...

Beijing is seeking to further reduce the costs for privately run nursing homes and is striving to double the number of nursing institutions by 2020 to cope with the graying society. Although the ...

HUNDREDS of elderly patients face eviction from private nursing homes nationwide after it emerged that cash-strapped health boards are unable to pay the full costs of their keep. The threat emerged ...

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Over 70 elderly people are living in two private homes for the elderly while they wait for space in government homes, following the private-public partnership agreement between the homes and the ...

with senior-friendly features in Parry Avenue has been awarded to a subsidiary of Perennial Holdings, which submitted two concept proposals and beat two other developers with the highest bid of ...

HAVANA, March 14 (Reuters) - Cuban Clotilde Ravelo is inching up on 90 years old, just fractured her hip and, to make matters worse, most of her family have migrated off the island, leaving behind a ...

Nurses from private care homes will be able to ask senior NHS nurses for advice and help following the launch of a new website run by a Manchester primary care trust. The Independent Sector Clinical ...

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Have you ever thought about where you would live in your old age? Some might picture themselves moving in with family or living in residential care homes for the elderly. But what if these options are ...

Edlerly patients could be at risk of life-threatening infections because care homes are not dealing with diarrhoea. A new report has lifted the lid on unsafe practices in both private and publicly run ...