Aging nurses will spark health crisis: report
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OTTAWA -- Canada&#39;s nursing workforce will be hit by a tidal wave of retirements in coming years, a new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information indicates.
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Retirees shouldered a much larger share of their health-care costs in 2004 and should expect to pay even more next year, says a new report that casts an even dimmer outlook for people who are still in the workforce.
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Number of senior women quitting also on increase.
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The care of people who fracture bones needs overhauling with screening for all over 50s, experts say.
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Experts fear chaos will ensue for nursing home residents under new rules because many of them aren&#39;t capable of choosing from the myriad of plans.
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Less than half of the nation's communities have begun preparing to deal with the needs of the elderly, whose ranks will swell dramatically with the aging of the baby boomers, according to a study to be released Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON Health experts are giving America&#39;s senior citizens something serious to chew on -- new numbers showing they need to eat better and exercise more.
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The health of 500,000 older people in the UK is under threat because they are under-nourished, a charity has warned.
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Responding to the concerns of hospital operators, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#39;s administration announced Thursday that it will delay requiring tougher nurse-to-patient ratios due to take effect Jan. 1 until 2008.
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The World Health Organization launched an initiative on Monday to improve medical services for the elderly in a bid to tackle the growing public health implications of a rapidly aging global population.
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GENEVA  - Keeping old people in good shape is one of the biggest challenges facing the health sector with the number of people aged 60 and above expected to top one billion by 2025, the World Health Organisation warned.
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A police officer used a stun gun on a 75-year-old woman who became distraught when she could not locate a sick friend at a nursing home, according to an internal report.
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A wide variety of experts on long-term care have expressed serious concern that the new Medicare law will be unworkable for most of the 1.5 million Americans who live in nursing homes.
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Many experts are concerned that the new Medicare law will be unworkable for most Americans who live in nursing homes.
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Sarah Kugelman once suffered so much work-related stress that her doctor told her to change her lifestyle or risk dying before the age of 40.
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Staff who struggle into work when they are ill risk potentially shortening their lives, researchers believe.
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Women who have a baby aged 40 or over are at an increased risk of stillbirth, US researchers have warned.