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Australian police officer investigated after using a Taser on a 95-year-old woman

The nursing home resident was found alone in her room with a steak knife when the officer in question fired his Taser. The woman is now in critical condition at the hospital.

WEKU

Grandmother, 95, who suffers from dementia, in critical condition after police taser her at nursing home

The great-grandmother is now fighting for her life after police tasered her while she was holding a steak knife at her nursing home

Irish Mirror

Body camera footage shows moment police officer tasered 95-year-old gran at nursing home

The police chief declined to say whether he thought a police officer with 12 years experience had used excessive force by firing a stun gun twice at a 5ft 2ins and 6.7st "much loved" elderly woman

Daily Mirror

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Australian police Taser 95-year-old with dementia as she approached them with steak knife and walker

A 95-year-old woman was in critical condition Friday, two days after police shocked her with a stun gun as she approached them with a walking frame and a steak knife in an Australian nursing home

The Independent UK

NSW Police Reveal Why They Tasered A 95 Y.O. Woman TBH There’s No Good Reason Here

The woman is in critical condition as is "expected to die".

Pedestrian.tv

Grandmother, 95, fighting for life after being tasered

A 95-year-old woman with dementia was tasered after staff at her aged care home, fearing she was carrying a knife, called NSW Police.

AAP

95-year-old great-grandmother fighting for life after being tasered in nursing home police altercation

A 95-year-old great-grandmother is reportedly fighting for her life after being tasered when she was found with a knife in a nursing home.

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"Significant strengths" found with care provision at Ayrshire nursing home

The nursing home was praised for its “very professional approach” to healthcare provision.

Daily Record

Care home claims ‘revolting’ discovery in woman’s wounds was caused by heatwave

Kathleen Hines, 92, was having a cancer-triggered sore checked when staff made the revolting discovery

The Independent UK

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

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ed Sheeran misses beloved Irish grandmother's funeral due to copyright trial in New York

Anne Mary Sheehan passed away at the age of 98 in Castle Gardens Nursing Home Enniscorthy in Wexford.

Irish Mirror

Ed Sheeran left heartbroken as beloved grandmother who inspired hit song dies

Ed Sheeran's Irish grandmother Anne Mary, who was known as Nancy, died at a nursing home last Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Ed Sheeran heartbroken after death of Irish grandmother who inspired hit song

Ed Sheeran's Irish grandmother Anne Mary, who was known as Nancy, died at a nursing home last Tuesday

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Manchester Evening News

Religious hub for boys of Orthodox Jewish faith to be created

Conversion of former nursing home in Broughton gets the go-ahead

Newcastle Herald

'Workforce in crisis': Anglican Care site audit reveals ongoing issues

Anglican Care says it is 'operating closely' with the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to improve service at its residential aged care facilities.

Daily Record

Incredible story of woman given away as a baby from Galloway stately home captured in new book

Stanella Clenaghan, of Terregles House, was born illegitimate – so described then – at a Carlisle nursing home on November 29, 1932

Chicago Sun-Times

Medicare, Social Security could fall short over next decade, report warns

Medicare is forecast to be unable to pay full benefits for inpatient hospital visits and nursing home stays by 2031. Two years after that, Social Security won’t have enough cash on hand to pay full benefits to retirees.

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Elderly, disabled Texans wanting to stay in their homes threatened by low home care pay

AUSTIN, Texas — For 40 hours a week, Angela Blankenship takes care of Rick Frame, who’s been paralyzed from the neck down since a 1999 motorcycle accident.

Tribune News Service

Mental health care by video fills gaps in rural nursing homes

KNOXVILLE, Iowa ― Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia.

Tribune News Service

End of COVID emergency will usher in changes across the US health system

The Biden administration’s decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for COVID tests.

ABC News

Public guardian forcing man with dementia to live in nursing home against his will

When Dan started suffering from memory loss and anxiety, it kicked off a chain of events that left him living in a nursing home against his will with little say over his future.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cases of superbug fungus rose dramatically during the pandemic

Candida auris is a form of yeast that is not a danger to healthy people but can be deadly to fragile people staying in hospitals and nursing homes.

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Nursing home residents rely on small stipends

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The Independent UK

In nursing homes, impoverished live final days on pennies

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month

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