Elderly

When a person becomes unable to care for themselves, family and friends often step in to provide the care they need. But what happens when that person doesn’t have any family or other support network?

“We’re very proud of the work that’s occurring in our office; and we have some big sentencings coming up.”

June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month, a time set aside to help the one in ten Americans over the age of 60 who are targeted by elder abuse.

Older folks who can’t find a place to live, and adults who can’t take care of themselves, are living on the street in Boise. And they are at serious risk of harm or even death.

Idaho Matters takes a look at warning signs to watch out for in cases of elder abuse.

Idaho’s strained Veterans Affairs long term care system recently secured $2 million in federal funds to help with its staffing shortages. But other…

Without exception, hardest hit by the pandemic have been the elderly. To date, approximately 98% of Idaho's COVID-19-related fatalities have been men and…

According to a 2016 study by Johns Hopkins, more than 250,000 people in the United States die every year because of medical mistakes, making it the third…

A Nampa nursing home is under fire after a state investigation found residents were being mistreated.The Idaho Statesman reports that an Idaho Health and…

A special report from the U.S. Census Bureau finds more people than you might expect over 100 years old in the Northwest. Centenarians are still a rare…