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The following articles have been tagged with "Elderly":

Police suspect theft after surprise cash 'windfall'

Business & Money: 24 May 12
A woman is suspected of theft after she dropped a stash of 1,000 kronor ($140) banknotes in southern Sweden and then fled the scene, while local residents rushed in to gather the loot that was blowing in the wind. READ »

Octogenarian in 48-hour sun lounger ordeal

Society: 23 May 12
An 84-year-old Swedish woman enjoying the warm sunshine on her balcony, unexpectedly fell through the seat and remained stuck for nearly 48-hours before she was rescued by anxious friends. READ »

Charges filed for 'cold-blooded' farm murders

National: 21 May 12
Prosecutors on Monday formally charged two men suspected in a gruesome double murder of an elderly couple on a farm in Alingsås in southwestern Sweden last autumn. READ »

Suspected paedophile's home in arson attack

National: 20 May 12
The house of a suspected paedophile was set ablaze on the night to Sunday, in what the police believe to be an arson attack. READ »

101-year-old woman scares off thief with stick

Society: 14 May 12
A 101-year-old woman fought back when a thief intruded into her home in northern Sweden, beating him over the head with a stick and frightening him from the house. READ »

76-year-old and three teens held for child rape

National: 11 May 12
Three teenage boys and a 76-year-old man are suspected for involvement in the rape of a 14-year-old boy in an elderly man's home in northern Sweden. READ »

Doctor jailed for sexually molesting patients

Science & Technology: 10 May 12
A Swedish doctor has been jailed for molesting his female patients after 11 women reported him for his sexual advances during examinations. READ »

'Force' municipalities to receive refugee children: minister

Politics: 22 Apr 12
The Swedish Migration Board is having trouble convincing Sweden’s municipalities to receive sufficient numbers of unaccompanied refugee children. Migration minister Tobias Billström now wants to force municipalities to step up. READ »

Elderly woman had 52 different care givers

Science & Technology: 22 Apr 12
Over the course of one year, an elderly woman was visited by 52 different care givers from home care services. Her daughter is now pleading for help from Ängelholm municipality, asking that something be done about the high staff turnover. READ »

Missing finger, roadside birth and bad breath

Society: 20 Apr 12
This week in Sweden's News in Brief, we take a look at a missing finger, a woman giving birth on the roadside, and severe consequences for a halitosis sufferer. READ »

Pensioner points pistol at pregnant peeing woman

Society: 3 Apr 12
A man and a woman in their sixties in northern Sweden have been charged after threatening a pregnant woman with a gun and physical violence when she tried to pee in their yard. READ »

'Give 'em Viagra': politician's joke flops

Society: 23 Mar 12
Another week of unusual news in Sweden, featuring Viagra, sheep heads, smelly guinea-pigs and octogenarians on the "run", we present a light-hearted look at Swedish news that didn't make the front page. READ »

'Fake' grandkids defraud elderly Swedes

National: 15 Mar 12
Two men have been apprehended by police after a long search for the fraudsters who had been duping elderly Swedes into believing they were giving money to their grandchildren. READ »

Sweden mulls ban on smoking outdoors

Science & Technology: 15 Mar 12
The Swedish government is looking at extending a current ban on smoking to include several outdoor spaces in a bid to reduce children's exposure to the dangers of second-hand smoke. READ »

Three in four Rosengård children 'live in poverty'

National: 12 Mar 12
In the Malmö district of Rosengård over 70 percent of children are living in relative poverty, according to fresh figures from Statistics Sweden, which measures the growing economic divides across the country. READ »

Care home slammed for maggots in bedsores

National: 9 Mar 12
A nursery home in eastern Sweden has come under fire after it came to light that one of their patients developed infected bedsores after only a few days at the home. READ »

Romanian sex trafficking trial opens in Gothenburg

National: 29 Feb 12
On Wednesday the trial opened against six men suspected of bringing young women from Romania to Sweden to sell sex under deplorable conditions. READ »

Couple guilty of trying to burn parents alive

National: 27 Feb 12
A 28-year-old man and his 26-year-old girlfriend have been found guilty of trying to burn the woman's parents alive in an inheritance plot which they hoped would lead to a life of luxury in sunny Buenos Aires. READ »

British paparazzi stalk Sweden's 'snow-man'

Society: 23 Feb 12
Staff at a hospital in northern Sweden are outraged after finding British photographers lurking in their corridors on the hunt for an exclusive snap of Sweden’s mystery “snow man”, a 44-year-old who survived in his car for two months without food. READ »

Mother-killer murders dad and stepmum

National: 16 Feb 12
The 41-year-old man suspected of killing his father and stepmother in a Stockholm suburb on Wednesday, had previously been convicted of murdering his mother back in 1997. READ »

Dramatic rise in dementia numbers in Sweden

Society: 13 Feb 12
Every second Swede is at risk of developing dementia, according to a new study from Umeå University, which concentrated on the 85+ population in northern Sweden. READ »

'Dapper' Stockholm axe man attacks 71-year-old

National: 9 Feb 12
A 71-year-old was attacked in central Stockholm at the end of January by a “well-dressed” man, threatening to kill him while splitting his skull in two with an axe. READ »

89-year-old convicted for shopping cart assault

Society: 6 Feb 12
An 89-year-old man from southern Sweden has been convicted of assault after ramming his shopping cart into that of another shopper. READ »

Outage leaves Swedish town without any heat

Science & Technology: 6 Feb 12
A power outage at a district heating plant in northern Sweden cut off heat to nearly all of Sollefteå's 8,000 residents on Sunday night as temperatures dropped below minus 25 degrees Celsius. READ »

Löfven won’t block profits in care sector

Politics: 3 Feb 12
New Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven has ruled out the possibility of forbidding companies from making profits in the care sector. READ »

Elderly psychiatric patient found tied in bed

Science & Technology: 26 Jan 12
A mentally ill man who had been screaming for more than an hour was discovered tied down in his own bed with a sheet at a Carema-run nursing home in Stockholm earlier this month. READ »

Max von Sydow snags Oscar nomination

Society: 24 Jan 12
Swedish silver screen stalwart Max von Sydow, 82, became one of the oldest Academy Award nominees ever on Tuesday, while "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" star Rooney Mara was nominated in the best actress category. READ »

Swedish consumers 'less happy' in 2011

Business & Money: 23 Jan 12
Swedish consumers were less satisfied in their relation to companies, organizations, and government agencies in 2011 than in 2010, according to a new report. READ »

Caregiver threatened to kill dementia patient

National: 17 Jan 12
A nursing home employee in southern Sweden has been dismissed after it was discovered that she lost her temper and threatened to kill one of her 90-year-old dementia patients. READ »

Swedish police hunt 'Halloween mask' killer

National: 27 Dec 11
The shooter who killed one man and injured two others at a cafe in Malmö in southern Sweden on Monday wore a mask like those seen in the 2010 Hollywood film "The Town" and remains at large, police said Tuesday. READ »

Higher death risk for men with low vitamin D: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 27 Dec 11
The lack of sun in a Swedish winter may be deadly, as well as depressing. Elderly men with low levels of vitamin D have a "substantial excess risk of death", according to a new Swedish study. READ »

83-year-old woman dies in ice tragedy

Society: 25 Dec 11
An elderly woman died on Christmas Eve, when the snow scooter she was driving fell through ice at a water station in northern Sweden. READ »

Care home turned cost cutting 'into a game'

Science & Technology: 22 Dec 11
Swedish nursing home operator Carema Care urged staff to compete with one another to see how much they could save on elderly residents' food, diapers, and protective gloves, according to employees. READ »

Two more suspected in brutal farm murders

National: 17 Dec 11
Another two people are now suspected of involvement in the murder of the elderly farmer couple in Långared, in southwestern Sweden. READ »

Sweden earmarks billions for elderly care boost

Business & Money: 15 Dec 11
In the wake of a series of nursing home scandals in Sweden over the last few months, the government on Thursday pledged to invest 4.3 billion kronor ($617 million) into elderly care over the next few years. READ »

Swedish seniors stay active through exercise

Lifestyle: 14 Dec 11
Swedish senior citizens, some well into their 90s, are staying fit and active by taking up regular exercise even long after reaching retirement age, the AFP's Pia Ohlin reports. READ »

Carema admits flaws in patient's starvation death

National: 3 Dec 11
Carema has come in for harsh criticism following suspicions that a 90-year-old woman died of starvation at one of the private care company's homes. Carema now admits that more could've been done for the elderly woman. READ »

Three in ten parents 'manhandle' kids: study

Society: 1 Dec 11
Thirty percent of Swedish parents state that they occasionally push or shake their children, with stress being the most common underlying reason, according to a new study. READ »

Mistreated foster kids receive official apology

Society: 21 Nov 11
The thousands of Swedes mistreated in foster care during the 1900s on Monday received an official apology from the state for having failed to provide them with a safe upbringing. READ »

Hospitals 'clueless' about drug side effects

Science & Technology: 21 Nov 11
Despite tens of thousands of patients coming down with diseases caused by medications they're taking, awareness of the problem remains low at Sweden's emergency hospitals, according to a recent report. READ »

Two arrested in Poland for 'brutal' farm killings

National: 17 Nov 11
Two people wanted for the brutal slaying of an elderly farming couple outside of Alingsås in western Sweden have been arrested in Poland. READ »

Healthcare firm denies letting old man die alone

Business & Money: 15 Nov 11
Healthcare provider Carema, recently ditched by the City of Stockholm after a series of revelations of neglect, has denied reports that staff left a dementia patient to die alone in front of a television. READ »

Sweden acts to curb corporate tax-avoidance

Business & Money: 14 Nov 11
Finance minister Anders Borg announced plans on Monday to close loopholes in the Swedish tax code following criticism that healthcare companies are using complicated schemes to avoid paying taxes in Sweden. READ »

Stockholm drops controversial care firm

Science & Technology: 14 Nov 11
The city of Stockholm said Monday that it would scrap its contract with Carema Care while the government launched an inquiry in the wake of growing concerns about the health care company's management of several elderly care homes. READ »

Man with dementia left to die in front of TV

National: 13 Nov 11
A dying man's last hours were spent alone in front of the television. The storm surrounding the private care company Carema continues to grow, as geriatric homes Norshöjden and Korsnäsgården are accused of several severe flaws. READ »

Juholt demands stricter controls of elderly care

Politics: 12 Nov 11
Following revelations about scandal-stricken care company Carema, both Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise demand more efficient controls of tax-financed geriatric care. READ »

Warrants issued for 'brutal' farm murders

National: 7 Nov 11
Arrest warrants have been issued for two men suspected of the brutal murder of a couple on their dairy farm outside of Alingsås in western Sweden, although prosecutors believe both suspects have likely left the country. READ »

'Secret' bonus scheme at nursing homes revealed

National: 6 Nov 11
Swedish health care provider Carema has received another blow as a "secret" bonus program for managers was revealed just days after staff told how high-savings initiatives have led to neglect of the elderly in their care. READ »

17-year-old arrested after 'Halloween spoof'

National: 5 Nov 11
A teenager was apprehended Friday evening in northern Sweden on suspicion of attempted murder after a shot was fired into a house. The alleged targets thought it was a Halloween spoof. READ »

Masked shooter arrested in northern Sweden

National: 4 Nov 11
Swedish police have arrested the masked man, armed with a rifle, who went berserk in the early hours of Friday morning when he failed to gain entry into an elderly couple's home. READ »

Stockholm elderly care scandal widens

Society: 2 Nov 11
Employees from yet another elderly care facility in Stockholm have revealed how major cut backs have meant staff shortages and sometimes no toilet paper. In one case, a elderly man was made to sleep on the floor for months. READ »

'Angry note' ad campaign has neighbours fuming

Society: 30 Oct 11
A major Swedish radio station seems to have caused neighbourly discord throughout the country with a ‘miscalculated’ ad campaign. READ »

Swedish 'baby boomer' crime on the rise: agency

National: 28 Oct 11
The number of elderly criminal suspects in Sweden is increasing, according to new statistics, with indecent exposure and drunk driving among the most common offences. READ »

Borg has 'worst' personal finances among Swedish ministers: report

Business & Money: 24 Oct 11
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg, known for lecturing Swedes about the dangers of borrowing too much money, has a mortgage worth more than the value of his home, according to new investigation. READ »

Third person arrested for 'brutal' farm murders

National: 21 Oct 11
Police arrested a 36-year-old man on Friday afternoon for his suspected role in the execution-style murder of a couple on a farm in western Sweden. Two other suspects were arrested on Thursday evening. READ »

Two weeks reprieve for 90-year-old deportee

National: 3 Oct 11
90-year-old Ganna Chyzhevska, suffering from dementia and heart disease, but scheduled to be deported to Ukraine on Monday, has been given a short reprieve, allowing her family and supporters to rally behind her. READ »

Caregiver steals from 98-year-old, goes free

National: 30 Sep 11
A caregiver in western Sweden, caught stealing from her elderly charge, has been freed after a court ruled that police planting money in the old woman’s wallet was entrapment. READ »

Government in u-turn over abused foster kids

National: 29 Sep 11
The Swedish government has changed its mind regarding reimbursing thousands of Swedes mistreated in foster care during the 1900s. READ »

Budget 'too optimistic': Social Democrats

Politics: 20 Sep 11
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg defended the government's autumn budget proposal against charges that it was overly optimistic in a spirited Riksdag debate on Tuesday. READ »

Gullan, 71, 'too old' for treatment: clinic

National: 15 Sep 11
71-year-old Gullan Holmgren from Piteå, in northern Sweden, is 'too old' for pain rehab, according to the pain rehabilitation unit at the local hospital that turned her away. READ »

Minister open to talks on foster care abuse cash

Politics: 12 Sep 11
The Swedish minister who at the weekend said that no money would be coming to victims who suffered abuse while in foster care has opened to further talks on the issue following pressure from the opposition. READ »

No money for abused foster kids: minister

Politics: 10 Sep 11
The thousands of Swedes misltreated in foster care will not be receiving any economic compensation, stated Maria Larsson, minister for children and elderly. READ »

Public services sell-off 'no impact' on efficiency

Politics: 7 Sep 11
Privatisation and competition within Swedish public services have not become the miracle cure that Sweden was hoping for twenty years ago, according to a new study by Sweden’s leading public services researchers. READ »

Family outrage over 90-year-old's deportation

National: 6 Sep 11
Swedish migration authorities have ordered a 90-year-old Ukrainian woman who suffers from dementia and heart disease to be deported despite protests from family members willing to care for her in Sweden. READ »

Moderates backpedal on sex change law

Politics: 4 Sep 11
Sweden has taken further steps towards changing the law on gender reassignment after the Moderate Party joined the broad opposition against the disputed law, and its demands for sterilisation and divorce. READ »

Kitten straddles gas tank in 70-km ride of terror

Society: 2 Sep 11
A woman mystified by the high-pitched scream coming from her car was surprised to learn after a visit to the mechanic that she was carrying a small, furry hitchhiker. READ »

Dog dragged to death behind owner's car

National: 23 Aug 11
An 84-year-old man forgot that he had his dog tied to his tow-bar when when he jumped in his car to leave a rest stop, proceeding to drag the hapless household pet over three kilometres to its death. READ »

Ingrid, 65, finds 3 metre boa on her balcony

Society: 16 Aug 11
An elderly Swedish woman was given quite a scare on Monday morning when she discovered a 3-metre-long boa constrictor lying on her second-floor balcony. READ »

'We never had a single conversation with a Swede'

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Aug 11
UK native Suhail Din reflects on why Swedes refused to talk to him and his family during their recent visit to Stockholm on holiday. READ »

Maltreatment reports increasing in Swedish geriatric care

National: 13 Aug 11
Many are now reporting maltreatment of elderly to Sweden's health and welfare watchdog, and cases are increasing in several parts of the country, according to a report in Swedish media. READ »

Absent-minded Dane loses car in Malmö

Society: 11 Aug 11
Police are asking for help from the general public in aiding an elderly Dane who parked his car in central Malmö in July and can't remember where he left it. READ »

Swedes arrest three men over Spain murder

National: 8 Aug 11
Swedish police said on Monday they had arrested three Romanians suspected of murdering an elderly woman during a robbery in Spain. READ »

Operator sends neighbour, not ambulance, to help injured woman

Society: 5 Aug 11
Rather than send an ambulance to respond to a call from an injured woman in Borlänge in central Sweden, emergency services operator SOS Alarm elected to call on an elderly couple living nearby to check on her instead. READ »

Liberals push for end to sex change sterilisation

Politics: 3 Aug 11
A Liberal Party MP is planning to present a motion to Sweden's Riksdag in the autumn to push for a removal of the requirement for compulsory sterilization for those undergoing a sex change. READ »

Swedish summer poses Muslim fasting test

Society: 1 Aug 11
Sweden's long summer days pose problems for Muslims fasting for Ramadan, which starts on Monday, with rules over the hours of the fast under discussion across Europe. READ »

Elderly more likely to fall in the dark: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 26 Jul 11
The likelihood of older people suffering from accidental falls in their own homes may be tied to the level of daylight, Swedish researchers have discovered. READ »

Centre party reveals leadership candidates

Politics: 21 Jul 11
The Centre party on Thursday named Annie Johansson, Anna-Karin Hatt and Anders W Jonsson as the official candidates to succeed outgoing party leader Maud Olofsson. READ »

Israel deports Swedish Gaza flotilla activist

National: 20 Jul 11
Swedish–Israeli artist and politician Dror Feiler is among the 15 activists apprehended by Israeli soldiers from the boat Dignité on course for the Gaza strip and is set to be deported today, Israeli immigration authorities have confirmed. READ »

Three dead in head-on collision

National: 20 Jul 11
Three people died and one was critically injured in a violent frontal collision between two vehicles outside Skene in southern Sweden on Tuesday evening. READ »

Authorities decline to report suspended nurses

National: 20 Jul 11
Local authorities in Norrköping in eastern Sweden have elected not to report two assistant nurses suspected of maltreating elderly patients at a nursing home to the police. READ »

Sweden targets cannabis use

Society: 17 Jul 11
Cannabis use is increasing sharply in Sweden, particularly among young men in larger cities, and a government initiative to combat this is now in the works. READ »

Nurses suspended after maltreating elderly

National: 8 Jul 11
The two assistant nurses charged with maltreatment of their elderly patients have been asked to leave their jobs again following a new investigation into the scandal-struck nursing home. READ »

'We won't give up - we will return': Mankell

National: 8 Jul 11
Swedish bestselling crime author Henning Mankell slammed Greece for blocking the aid flotilla to Gaza as some of Sweden's pro-Palestinian activists returned home on Thursday. READ »

Nurse pressed vomit down patient's throat

National: 6 Jul 11
Two nurses at a nursing home in Norrköping, in central Sweden, harassed their patients both verbally and physically. The scandal was revealed in March, but the two nurses are already back at work, according to a local newspaper report. READ »

July Sweden's deadliest month in traffic: report

National: 2 Jul 11
If you're a man driving on a Saturday afternoon in July, take it easy on the road. All these criteria are high risk factors, according to a recent report charting 2010's traffic-related deaths, published by the Traffic Analysis Agency. READ »

Christian Democrats uphold sex change sterilization demand

Politics: 1 Jul 11
The Christian Democrats on Thursday voted to retain the demand for sterilization for those choosing to undergo a sex change, arguing that if "a woman becomes a man, she should not be able to become pregnant as a woman". READ »

Female caregiver suspected of selling sex to elderly patient

Society: 29 Jun 11
A female caregiver in western Sweden is suspected of having sold sex to an 85-year-old man over the course of several years, despite the man's large sexual appetite being known to the local authorities. READ »

Woman of 77 suspected of heroin dealing

Society: 24 Jun 11
After a raid on a flat owned by a 77-year-old woman in southern Sweden, police found enough evidence to suspect her for dealing heroin, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Swedish Church members 'don't believe in Jesus'

Society: 15 Jun 11
Only 15 percent of members of the Church of Sweden say they believe in Jesus, and an equal number claim to be atheists according to the results of a recent survey. READ »

'Worthless' Russian painting sold for millions at Swedish auction

Society: 15 Jun 11
A Russian painting considered worthless by its owner and nearly donated to charity fetched a staggering 7.6 million kronor ($1.2 million) at an auction in Uppsala in eastern Sweden on Tuesday. READ »

EHEC search 'detective work': Swedish specialist

Science & Technology: 3 Jun 11
Swedish scientists are concerned that it may be some time before the properties of the bacteria causing the current EHEC infection in Europe are fully understood. READ »

Woman marooned for 3 days with dead husband

National: 30 May 11
An elderly woman was stuck alone on an island with her dead husband for three days after he drowned and washed up on shore after a boating accident on a lake in northwestern Sweden last Wednesday. READ »

Sweden plans to centralise cancer care

Politics: 23 May 11
Sweden plans to reduce the number of locations patients can receive care for certain types of cancer, in the hope of improving the overall quality of the care provided. READ »

Masked robbers target Stockholm auction house

National: 20 May 11
A prestigious auction house in central Stockholm was robbed around midday on Friday when two masked robbers ran in and ordered the shocked clients to drop to the ground. READ »

Swedish girl gang targets elderly single men

National: 13 May 11
After a spate of robberies by a gang of young women in Västerås in central Sweden, police have issued a warning to single elderly men to be on their guard. READ »

Nursing home hushed sex abuse claims

Society: 12 May 11
A man in his eighties faced court on Wednesday charged with abusing another patient at a northern Sweden nursing home, which has in turn been accused of having delayed reporting the matter to the police. READ »

Stockholmers 'retire' in droves to exploit pensioner discounts

Business & Money: 10 May 11
Thousands of Swedes are claiming hefty pensioner discounts despite being in gainful employment, due to a loophole enabling them to draw some of their pension in advance. READ »

Valborg - Sweden blazes into springtime

Lifestyle: 29 Apr 11
Summer's just around the corner. That's as good a cause for celebration in Sweden as any, and the revelry on Valborgsmässoafton - Walpurgis Night - on April 30th gets pretty hot. READ »

Swedish 'clairvoyant' con-artist sent to prison

Society: 20 Apr 11
The 48-year-old ‘clairvoyant’ who managed to swindle large amounts of money from three unsuspecting victims was sentenced to prison by a Swedish court on Wednesday. READ »

'Medical mistakes kill 3,000 Swedes a year'

Science & Technology: 18 Apr 11
Around 3,000 people die every year in Sweden because of deficient patient safety, according to two leading doctors, who argue that Sweden needs to do more to address the problem. READ »


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