Thousands of elderly people with dementia have been threatened with restraint using new safeguards which are supposed to protect the vulnerable.
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Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Thousands of dementia sufferers threatened with restraint
123-year-old Bolivian man is oldest living person ever documented
If Bolivia's public records are correct, Carmelo Flores Laura is the oldest living person ever documented. They say he turned 123 a month ago.
East Asia leads the world in business funding
A study of investment in academic research by private finance has concluded that Irish academics are securing some of the least amount of money.
Increasing Numbers of Workers Believe They Will Never Retire
More than five million people in the UK may never be able to retire because of financial concerns, new research has found. In a survey of 2,000 people aged 18 to 65 and over, 14 per cent said they would continue working for as long as they were able and had no plans to ever retire. If representative of the population, this would equate to 5.1 million people. The survey, carried out annually by Barings Asset Management, suggested an upward trend in the number of people who intend to carry on working indefinitely. In 2012 the figure was 12 per…
Serbia: One year on from new social protection law
For ten years, the Serbian Red Cross and HumanaS network have lobbied for a better quality of living for older people in Serbia. We have lobbied for many changes in legislation, such as the introduction of social pensions for approximately 100,000 older people who have no income, as well as for str...
Tales of the Tallyman: Debt and problem debt among older people
In new analyses of British and English data, ILC-UK explore debt and problem debt affecting older people, and its impact on their lives.
Irish universities attracting little cash from big business
A study of investment in academic research by private finance has concluded that Irish academics are securing some of the least amount of money.
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