The way we treat the old is both disgraceful and stupid
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Comment is free: Jackie Ashley: The idea that Menzies Campbell was fair game for abuse because he was in his 60s is a product of pernicious prejudice.
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Terms used by NHS staff such as "bed-blockers" are demeaning to those they treat, the patients' tsar says.
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Excuse us if we don't join environmental and other advocacy groups in a dither about a new directive from President Bush aimed at reining in ambitious bureaucracies. This is an old struggle that will be entertaining - and frustrating - our grandchildren.
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Not that long ago, only the aristocratic or famous felt entitled to special privileges, but nowadays we seem to be living in an age of excessive exceptionalism.
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By pishing on a dying disabled woman Two items arrived in our inbox today.â¦
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&quot;You bums and ingrates! You disgraced your sport and country! Matador defense and half-hearted effort? At the Olympics? The Commies cheated us in &#39;72, and our college kids weren&#39;t good enough in &#39;88, but this is unacceptable. So carry your sorry fannies ...
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THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Elderly people who are abused are much likelier to die sooner than are their peers who are not mistreated, but medical professionals are in a powerful position to detect cases and even intervene.
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Dementia releases the essential self; we wander backward uncontrollably and become more of what we already were.
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Don't count on your friendly brokerage to steer you to a comfy old age.
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Twenty years after Congress vowed to improve the way we care for the old and the infirm, nursing homes still inspire dread. But some mavericks are working to deinstitutionalize them and make them more like home.
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The New Brunswick Council of Hospital Union has reviewed the proposal given by Premier Bernard Lord last night. âThe proposal by Premier Lord is a further insult to the valuable work performed by the health
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Buck up. There are plenty of folks a lot worse off than you.
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NEW YORK  - While the traditional view of elder abuse in nursing homes involves staff harming residents, new research suggests residents may have more to fear from their peers.
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Even self-proclaimed penny-pinching folks like me who loathe the way Christmas has become so commercialized can lose their common sense.
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While the traditional view of  elder abuse in nursing homes involves staff harming residents,  new research suggests residents may have more to fear from  their peers.
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I am sick of being blamed for bankrupting the country's future. The coming collapse of Social Security, soaring drug costs in Medicare, the breakdown of Medicaid -- all my fault! Because I and millions of others are growing older and are about to become eligible for these giant public programs.
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It is to resort to cliche to say that the death of Winston Churchill 40 years ago today represented the end of an era.