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We’re older than we used to be, especially in these states

The median age rose in almost every state last year, census estimates show, continuing a long-term trend that is pushing states to prepare for aging populations.

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Visa overstayer secretly buried amid prosecution fears

A coroner could not determine what health issue killed a Malaysian woman who overstayed her visa and whose body was found buried on a Tasmanian property.

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Northumberland County Council accused of having 'no respect for the dead' due to state of graveyard

The council has said the graveyard has the grass cut 10-13 times a season

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Organ transplant body writes to States, calls for strict action to prevent trafficking

For the first time the country has achieved more than 15,000 transplants in a year (2022)

The Hindu

Philadelphia-area nurses say they’re victims of Florida school operators who sold fake college degrees

The flier advertising the Florida nursing school came in the mailbox of Ramatu Ali’s Delaware home. It promised a “bridge” program for lower-level nurses to become higher-skill, better-paid registered nurses.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Tributes paid to "lovely, caring" woman tragically found dead in Peterhead home

Emergency services raced to Catto Drive in Peterhead after the alarm was raised at around 6.15pm on Tuesday.

Daily Record

Widower with British daughter 'terrified' after Home Office order him to leave UK

Dr Bobby Stuijfzand, who lives in Chalfont and Latimer in Buckinghamshire, lost his British wife to cancer in 2020 before he was sent a letter from the Home Office threatening to cancel his visa with no option of appeal

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Federal government suspends major aged care contract with PwC

Exclusive: Suspension of audit program shows existing arrangements in line of fire along with future contracts, as fallout from tax scandal continues

The Guardian - AU

Falkirk council told about the impact on young people of growing up in care

This is the first time a group of care experienced people have addressed a Scottish Council on the issue of making care experience a protected characteristic

Daily Record

Inquiry into 2,000 mental health deaths in Essex NHS trusts given legal powers

After pressure from bereaved relatives and inquiry chair, witnesses will be compelled to give evidence

The Guardian - UK

'It's an unseen illness' - Dublin woman's struggle with incurable disease

42-year-old Aoife Murdock from South Dublin is just one of the estimated 300 people in Ireland living with the incurable and extremely painful epidermolysis bullosa (EB)

Dublin Live

West Lothian plan to close hospitals providing elderly respite care put on hold

Councillors force rare vote on proposals to co-locate elderly respite and dementia care in Livingston, closing Tippethill and St Michael's community hospitals

Edinburgh Live

'GP services close to collapse in Wales' doctors union warns

The BMA Cymru is calling for an urgent package of support to save GP surgeries in Wales

Wales Online

Four years after launch, awareness about Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka health scheme remains poor: Study

Although it has been over four years since the Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) health scheme was rolled out, awareness and knowledge about the scheme has still not reached all. A study by the Population Research Centre at Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) in three districts in Karnataka…

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West Lothian care homes will remain open as health board backs council plan

The IJB agreed to accept the council's offer and have agreed that there are no plans to close any of the long-term placement care homes

Bangkok Post

South Koreans get younger as traditional age system dropped

SEOUL: Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system Wednesday, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger - and she's thrilled.

AAP

Qld health boss resigns after whistleblower controversy

A health department chief is resigning after controversy over a recommendation to prosecute staff who disclose "inappropriate" information to journalists.

AAP

Outgoing commissioner brands NDIS cut-off age an oddity

The age discrimination commissioner has queried why people are cut off from the National Disability Insurance Scheme once they reach 65.

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Australia facing perfect storm on age discrimination

Age Discrimination Commissioner Kay Patterson, who is stepping down from the role next month, says a national power-of-attorney register is needed.

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian care homes remain open as health board backs council plan

Jobs and long term care homes places guaranteed as joint health committee backs £1.2m five-year rescue, but changes to hospital care for the elderly unsettle councillors who call for more information

The Guardian - UK

The Britons who made their final journey to Dignitas clinic

Stories of people who travelled to the Swiss assisted-dying facility to end their lives

The Independent UK

Hancock: Adult social care ‘was in nowhere near good-enough shape’ for pandemic

Former health secretary Matt Hancock insisted responsibility for ensuring pandemic preparedness in the sector “formally fell to local authorities”.

The Conversation

South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world – and that doesn't bode well for its economy

Around the world, nations are looking at the prospect of shrinking, aging populations – but none more so than South Korea.

The Guardian - UK

Nurses fail to vote in sufficient numbers for fresh strikes in England

Fewer than 50% of RCN members voted in ballot, falling short of proportion required for result to stand

Bristol Post

Watchdog raps Bristol hospital bosses for failing to let woman know her mum was dying

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust says it has learned lessons from four cases partly upheld by ombudsman

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