Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Financial payments to North Ayrshire nurseries to be boosted

The hourly rate paid to funded providers, including childminders, will be increased to £5.76 followed by the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday (May 2).

Daily Record

King Charles made history when he watched the Queen’s coronation aged four

The prince tugged on his grandmother’s sleeve in excitement but also looked bored during the three-hour ceremony in 1953

Evening Standard

Sign a person is just hours from death appears on the knees, feet and hands

The Hospice Foundation of America has revealed some key signs that a person is reaching the end of their life

Daily Mirror

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Young people caring for someone with a health condition could be due annual payment worth nearly £360

The Young Carer Grant is for Scots aged 16, 17 or 18 who provide up to 16 hours of care each week.

Daily Record

Former Rangers and Celtic stars score with £12,000 Renfrewshire hospice boost

The first-ever speakers' evening organised by the much-loved facility was a resounding success.

Daily Record

Nottinghamshire care home operator pulls out as future for residents and staff left uncertain

Queenswood care home can offer accommodation for up to 41 people and operators say it "can't rule out" the possibility of closure

Nottingham Post

Nurses union fears nursing homes won't pass on 'historic' $11.3 billion budget commitment to boost aged care wages

The nurses union warns the aged care sector has form when it comes to avoiding paying wage rises, and says the government must oblige providers to pass on a historic 15 per cent pay increase to all workers, not just those on award rates.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Hunter aged care home says 15% pay rise will help ease workers' 'pain'

'I had a registered nurse friend who went to work at Coles in the deli because she just couldn't stand the pressures.'

Newcastle Herald

Elderly man beaten to death in Mexico while delivering donations to poor families

Rudy Lazo, 79, moved to the US from El Salvador in the 1980s to start a family but would regularly drive 125 miles to Tijuana to deliver toys, food and clothes to help those less fortunate

Daily Mirror

Teenager who gave birth alone in prison cell was vulnerable to exploitation – inquest

Surrey coroner considering whether failures in care to mother contributed to baby’s death

The Guardian - UK

Budget to fund record pay rise for 250,000 aged care workers

Australia's aged care workers will pocket a record 15 per cent pay rise, as the Albanese government commits $11.3 billion to meet a Fair Work Commission

The New Daily

'Our loss' as Nottingham nuns leave city after failing to raise money for new monastery

People took to social media to voice their sadness

Nottingham Post

11.28 lakh Kudumbashree members provided insurance coverage

More than 11.28 lakh Kudumbashree women have been provided life insurance coverage through the Jeevan Deepam Oruma neighbourhood group insurance scheme

The Hindu

IRD applies to liquidate large aged care provider

An aged care provider with nearly 300 beds in six rest homes across the country is in financial difficulty and facing insolvency proceedings later this month.

Newsroom.co.nz

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Newsroom.co.nz

The single parent stigma that should be consigned to history

A new report has found single parents still face stigma and discrimination. As The Detail finds out, if things don't get better, it'll be children who suffer.

The Guardian - UK

Naheed Ahmed obituary

Other lives: Hospital doctor who worked in Swansea, London and Saudi Arabia before returning to the UK as a medical assessor

Chicago Sun-Times

Lincolnshire nursing home under investigation after most staff doesn’t show up

No medical staff and only a third of the staff showed up Monday when the facility changed owners, authorities said.

Belfast Live

Dáithí thanks council after six-year-old campaigner granted Freedom of City

The West Belfast lad has become the youngest ever beneficiary of the honour

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Tiredness of life: the growing phenomenon in western society

Molly was 88 years old and in good health. She had outlived two husbands, her siblings, most of her friends and her only son.

The Guardian - AU

Consulting firm KPMG paid to audit Australian aged care homes while also advising providers

Public sector union says reliance on consultants is problematic as perceived conflicts of interest could damage public trust

The Conversation

Government to spend $11.3 billion over four years to fund 15% pay rise for aged care workers

Tuesday’s budget will include $11.3 billion over four years to fund the 15% pay rise aged care workers will receive from July 1.

Daily Record

MSP's proposal to set up new commissioner for older people role

The Labour MSP says the Scottish Government needs someone who will stand up and fight for the rights of older people in this country.

Axios

The cost of ignoring menopause at work

A new study from the Mayo Clinic sheds light on the economic impact menopause has on women in the workplace.

Evening Standard

OPINION - We must amend the Equalities Act for those who experience care

Whilst every child’s journey into care is unique, care’s potential to have a lifelong impact is universal. All trauma, especially at such a young age, can create scars that run deep. These are scars with the potential to burst open when least expected.

Daily Record

Works to upgrade Paisley's Hawkhead Cemetery expected to finish by end of June

Cash has been put towards overhauling the roads, drainage and kerbs at the Hawkhead Road facility.

1 … 162 163 164 165

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Scottish Government

the Scottish Parliament

666 stories

Social Security Scotland

the Department of Health

109 stories

North Ayrshire Council

107 stories

Kudumbashree

93 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.