Etiket: Elder
“They “scrapped” my mother”: an elder has five falls in just a few weeks in the health network
An 89-year-old senior initially hospitalized in Montreal for pneumonia suffered five falls in less than three months in the health network. “They have scrapped my mother,” admits Richard Boucher, aged…
Corridor medicine, elder abuse
My remarks, and the correction which is necessary at the Cité-de-la-Santé of Laval, would be addressed rather to the director general of this institution than to you, Mr. Minister of…
An elder bathed in her excrement: two years in house arrest for letting his wife waste away without care
An octogenarian from Longueuil who left his wife of 50 years to waste away for weeks in atrocious conditions to the point where she was bathing in her excrement received…
Montreal | Vulnerable elder missing
(Montreal) Montreal police are asking for the public’s help to locate a 69-year-old woman who may be suffering from dementia and who has not been seen since Thursday, early in…
Three years in prison for killing an elder by throwing him down the stairs
SAINT-JÉRÔME | A young man who threw an elder down a flight of stairs, causing his death, was sent to prison on Friday for the next three years, much to…
Caregivers in the shoes of a sick elder
With his back hunched, auxiliary nurse Bruno Blouin moves slowly between the stretchers, leaning on a cane. He is holding a urine collection pot in his free hand. “Where is…
Elder care at home | A robotic old age stick
(Washington) More and more technologies exist to help seniors stay in their homes. But emotional needs are often poorly taken into account by these technological advances. At the last annual…
Elder Abuse | Quebec deploys telephone assistance
(Quebec) The Government of Quebec announced on Tuesday the progressive deployment of the services of the Help Line Mistreatment Adults Elders (LAMAA) in all regions of Quebec. Posted at 6:26…
[Série] Japan’s downsizing heralds the end of the golden age of elder care
Japanese society realizes with anguish that it has not finished aging. So much so that it worries that it no longer has enough staff, or even taxpayers, to operate its…
Guilty of stabbing an elder | Thirteen years in prison for a young drug addict
A young killer has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for the wanton murder of Normand Paradis, an 87-year-old man. Yoan Pauzé, 19 years old at the time of…
[Éditorial de Marie-Andrée Chouinard] Who will enforce the law against elder abuse?
The Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) must be credited for having taken an important legal step to ensure that elder abuse is punished, thereby reducing our sad record of elder abuse.…
Home Support: The Elder Urn Question
During an election campaign, political parties want to get our votes and make promises to seduce us. Citizens must then choose the issue that is most important to them and…
Elder care | The island recipe
The Anglophone community of the Magdalen Islands has developed a unique approach in Quebec to allow seniors to stay at home with good support. At the heart of the initiative:…
Community organizations | An essential link in the fight against elder abuse
Let’s imagine Robert, 82 years old: his drug-addicted son is his only emotional bond. The latter regularly extracts money from him and Robert has difficulty saying no because, when he…
Quebec invests $50 million to fight against elder abuse
The Quebec government announced on Sunday a $50 million five-year plan to fight elder abuse. This new 2022-2027 Action Plan to counter mistreatment of older adults “is in continuity, complementary…
Quebec invests $50 million to counter elder abuse
As part of the launch of the Action Plan to Counter Elder Abuse, the Minister responsible for Seniors and Caregivers, Marguerite Blais, announced on Sunday an investment of $50 million…
Investment of 50 million | Quebec wants to tackle elder abuse
Quebec will invest 50 million over five years to fight against elder abuse, announced Sunday the Minister responsible for Seniors and Caregivers, Marguerite Blais. This funding will be used to…
France | When Elder Abuse Becomes Systemic
(Paris) In his investigative book The gravediggers published in January, the French journalist Victor Castanet recounts how the French group Orpea, world leader in the housing sector for the elderly,…
A postwoman saves the life of an elder
Kayla Berridge is a mail carrier in a small town in New Hampshire, USA. She was doing her usual 14km round in Newmarket on Thursday when she noticed a resident…
the Orpea group suspected of elder abuse
Posted on 01/25/2022 23:06 FRANCE 3 Article written by B.Delombre, A.Bard, A.Lay, L.Nahon, H.Pozzo, ME.Guidee, S.Agrabi, Y.Moine, Y.Saidani – France 3 France Televisions The book “Les Fossoyeurs” denounces the mistreatment…