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Aging and Senior Citizens

NewsHealth

Higher food prices threaten the nutrition of the elderly

NewsFinancial Difficulties

Elderly increasingly face debt problems, partly due to corona crisis

NewsFinnish Union of Practical Nurses

Expert: Finland needs 30k more healthcare workers by 2030

NewsActive Immunization

Finnish Covid vaccine programme to prioritise risk groups, the elderly and their carers

NewsThe Finnish Broadcasting Company

Yle investigation: Municipalities inspect private nursing homes but neglect their own

NewsSenior Apartments

Police launch investigation of Jyväskylä senior housing complex fire

NewsSenior Apartments

Fire officials "baffled" by rapid spread of blaze in Jyväskylä senior housing complex

NewsKotka-Hamina Sub-Region

Officials in Finland warned for fast-tracking wealthy candidates for elder home services

NewsOpioids

Long Play: Opioid use rife in elder care in Finland

NewsAttendo AB (Publ)

Health watchdog raps care home provider over failings

NewsHealth Organizations

Police investigating 30 allegations of elder care neglect across Finland

NewsNegligence Suit

Govt pledges more resources for senior care after heated parliamentary debate

NewsThe Finnish Broadcasting Company

Watchdog probes up to 15 deaths at senior care homes

NewsGhost Nurse

Care home scandal prompts call for senior affairs ombudsman

NewsOpposition Party

Care home crisis talks produce 25-point improvement list as opposition parties table confidence motion

NewsNorthern Europe

Finland needs to spend €1b more annually to meet Nordic elder care standards, researcher says

NewsLaaksolahti

Embattled CEO of elder care home quits over negligence reports

NewsStefan Löfven

Tuesday's papers: Snowy roads, elderly care scrutiny, visiting Swedish PM

NewsHealth Care Services

Multiple cities ditch Esperi Care nursing services – Gross neglect reported

NewsOulu Province

Kids aid elderly with holiday tasks in Kuusamo

NewsHot Weather

Officials warn of heat wave risks - especially for the elderly

NewsCrime

Elderly increasingly targeted by fraud

NewsAgeing

Survey: More than half of Finnish residents won’t care for ageing parents

NewsHealth

Survey: Violence against nurses in elder care widespread

NewsHuman migration

Growing old as a migrant in Finland: "I feel like I’m driving half blind"

NewsLappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT

Seniors welcome robots in elder care pilot, workers not so much

NewsKustannus Duodecim

Elderly more marginalised, developing alcohol problems

NewsLiisa Kauppinen

Liisa is 80 - who should teach her to pay bills online?

NewsMeal

Mikkeli volunteers craft Christmas cards for lonely seniors

NewsQuotas

Change of plan: Elder care worker ratios to remain the same

NewsMira Potkonen

Tuesday's papers: Caring for the elderly, asylum seekers work the forests, and first Rio medal for Finland

NewsSocial services

Elderly residents could be housed alongside people with disabilities in care-home shakeup

NewsYoung people

Helsinki youth offered cheap flats in old people’s home

NewsPride parade

Friday's papers: Record number of asylum seekers, elder care controversy, first Pride parade in Savo

NewsHealthcare Quality

Days of wine and roses: Old-age homes increasingly specialise

NewsFamily Affairs (Tv)

New government plan for "services pledge"

NewsAgeing

City officials grapple with elder care worker crunch

News65200 Vaasa

Long-term unemployed aid the elderly in Vaasa

NewsValentine's Day

Valentine's Day surprise: Thousands of cards for nursing home residents

NewsAgeing

Friday's papers: The Minsk agreement, age and economy, dreams of eternal youth

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