US senior homes refuse to pick up fallen residents, dial 911. ‘Why are they calling us?’
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The ugly truth behind “We buy ugly houses”
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Woman presumed dead was found gasping for air in body bag at Iowa funeral home. After the 66-year-old was found to be alive, she was taken back to a hospice facility and died two days later.
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Did Sweden's controversial COVID strategy pay off? In many ways it did – but it let the elderly down
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Denmark's controversial family policy sees many Danish parents fleeing to nearby countries, especially to the German border city of Flensburg
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Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills
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Mortality rates from COVID-19 are lower in unionized nursing homes
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Florida nursing homes see infections surge as workers spread virus
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Sixteen-year-old student gets thousands of primary school children to write to lonely care home residents
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Nursing homes say they ‘treat in place.’ Then came covid-19
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Andrew Cuomo gave legal immunity to nursing home execs after big campaign donations. Critics say data proves New York's liability shield is linked to higher nursing home death rates
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Ontario to explore criminal charges against five long-term care homes in scathing military report, says Premier Doug Ford
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Florida's strategy to protect seniors from COVID-19
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Canada’s nursing home crisis: Eighty-one percent of coronavirus deaths are in long-term care facilities
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How a nursing home in France stopped coronavirus from killing elderly in its care
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Number of nursing homes in the US with publicly reported cases of the coronavirus soars
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused an unidentified north-west Tasmanian aged care worker of being dishonest about their contacts
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Sweden counts coronavirus deaths in care homes but many countries do not – medical officials said a third of deaths recorded last week came from nursing home residents
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More than 2,200 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, but US federal government isn't tracking them
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Number of long-term care facilities with COVID-19 cases tops 400 nationwide
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Entire senior home in New Jersey, 94 people, presumed to have coronavirus
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Coronavirus cases rise in Washington, prompting new rules for nursing homes: "If you do the math, it gets very disturbing"
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In Denmark, children's homes are places of stability, comfort and support – now a British entrepreneur is bringing the model to the UK
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Counting down the days in God's waiting room: An 82-year-old writer spends his final years in a retirement home surrounded by the sick and the sorry – and finds it hard to hold back the tears.
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The comforting fictions of dementia care
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Drag queens move in and brighten the lives of residents at Sydney aged care village
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