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May 28, 2012
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'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.
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One dead, 70 homeless after Gothenburg blaze
National: 6 Feb 12
A suspected case of arson in a Gothenburg student housing complex has claimed the life of one and made some 70 people homeless as the re-igniting fire has left the entire building unstable, according to emergency services.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lars, 49, solves UK couple's Swedish photo mystery
Society: 13 Dec 11
The mystery surrounding several decades-old pictures found in a vintage camera purchased last August by a UK couple at an auction in south central Sweden has been solved.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Care home staff weigh diapers to save money
National: 11 Nov 11
Employees at the scandal-stricken care provider Carema's nursing homes in Sweden are instructed to weigh pensioners' diapers to assess if they are full or could be used longer, according to staff.
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'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.
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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.
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Care home staff placed bets on patient's death
National: 27 Aug 11
Three workers at a nursing home in Växjö in south central Sweden have been sacked after they were discovered to have placed bets on when one of the patients would die. They then dressed the corpse up in sunglasses.
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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.
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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.
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80-year-old convicted for nursing home abuse
National: 14 Jul 11
An 80-year-old man was on Thursday convicted of rape in connection with the abuse of a woman in her seventies who suffered from dementia at a nursing home in Luleå in northern Sweden.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Woman dies in nursing home fire
National: 30 Apr 11
One women died in an apartment fire that broke out at a senior citizen facility in Enskede just south of Stockholm late Friday night.
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Stomach bug strikes second Swedish town
National: 19 Apr 11
The drinking water in Skellefteå in northern Sweden has been contaminated by the same intestinal parasite that sickened thousands of residents in Östersund earlier this winter.
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Swede, 92, tricked into giving away home
Society: 15 Jan 11
An elderly married couple in southern Sweden has been charged under suspicion of tricking a 92-year-old neighbour with dementia into giving them his home and estate.
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Sweden home to more than 1,600 centenarians
Society: 28 Dec 10
Slightly more than 1,600 individuals in Sweden are more than a 100 years old, Sweden's statistics agency reported on Tuesday.
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Swedish home prices continue upward climb
Business & Money: 18 Nov 10
Swedish house prices have risen for the 18th straight quarter and home construction is booming, but that doesn't meant that house hunters can't find something spacious for a reasonable price.
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Swedish town looks to America following surprise bequest
Society: 28 Oct 10
A generous gift from a mysterious Swedish-American benefactor has sent officials in a small Swedish municipality scurrying for clues about a previously unknown native daughter who died in the United States in 1993.
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Prisoners threaten strike over incontinent inmate
Society: 4 Aug 10
Inmates at Sörby prison in northern Sweden have reacted with dismay at the internment of a 78-year-old man who moves with the help of a walking frame and wears a nappy, threatening to strike if he is not taken into care.
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Swedish nursing home introduces coffee rationing
National: 27 Feb 10
In an attempt to reduce expenditures, a nursing home in the municipality of Timrå in northern Sweden has started to ration the coffee and milk served to its residents.
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Holocaust survivor wins right to Jewish care
National: 15 Feb 10
An 86-year-old man, who survived the Nazi Holocaust in Poland and fled to Sweden in 1946, has won his court battle against a Swedish district council for the right to a place in a Jewish nursing home.
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Hospital morgue wrestles with rotting corpses
Society: 26 Jan 10
Corpses at the morgue of the Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, have started to rot due to a breakdown in procedures related to renovation of the facility.
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No one safe from vomiting bug: study
National: 24 Jan 10
A new study from Linköping University suggests the so-called winter vomiting bug is far more infectious than previously thought.
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Couple in their nineties 'too healthy' for nursing home
Society: 2 Nov 09
A 99-year-old Swedish woman and her 97-year-old husband have been denied a place at a local living facility for the elderly because they are too healthy.
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Sweden moves closer to nursing homes for gays
Society: 7 Jul 09
Elderly homosexuals in Stockholm are hopeful that their long-held hopes of having a nursing home of their own may soon become a reality.
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US judge bans Swede's Salinger 'sequel'
Society: 2 Jul 09
A judge in New York has indefinitely banned publication in the US of a Swedish author’s unauthorized follow-up to J.D. Salinger’s classic novel The Catcher in the Rye.
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Swedish publisher blasts Salinger's 'ludicrous' lawsuit
Society: 2 Jun 09
The Sweden-based publishers behind an unauthorized sequel to J.D. Salinger’s classic novel The Catcher in the Rye have rejected the reclusive American author’s attempt to scuttle the book’s US publication.
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Nursing home residents taking too many drugs: report
Science & Technology: 19 Mar 09
Overmedication of the elderly in Sweden’s nursing homes continues to be a problem, according to a new report by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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Tainted Irish meat delivered to Swedish schools
Science & Technology: 9 Dec 08
Less than a day after authorities warned Swedish consumers about dioxin contaminated pork products from Ireland, it has emerged that Swedish school children may have already eaten some of the tainted meat.
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City of Gothenburg bans bottled water
National: 19 Sep 08
Thirsty employees working for the city of Gothenburg will soon have to make do without bottled water on the job following a decision by the city to stop buying bottled water due to environmental concerns.
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Reinfeldt: 'focus on elderly instead of unemployed'
Politics: 9 Jun 08
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has promised to devote billions of kronor to care for the elderly.
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Babies share ward with 104-year-old woman
Society: 10 Jan 08
A hospital in Norrköping is home to one of the greatest generation gaps in living memory.
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Nursing home resident found lying in own excrement
Science & Technology: 5 Nov 07
Members of staff at a nursing home in southern Sweden have been suspended following incidents in which residents were found in conditions of some neglect.
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Several injured in helicopter crash
National: 21 Jun 05
A helicopter has crashed near Stockholm, injuring several people. Those onboard included a 100-year old man celebrating his birthday.
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Swedish study gives hope for Alzheimers patients
Science & Technology: 10 Mar 05
Results of a study carried out in Malmö show that a new drug could be effective for slowing the progress of Alzheimers. It could improve the quality of life for many thousands of elderly people and save the country millions of kronor. But a British study is not so sure.
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Council "pays off" sex abuse suspect
Smörgåsbord: 25 Jan 05
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
The story of K Composite Magazine »
"I’m working on a couple long articles which will be posted here soon. While those are in the works, I thought I’d share this article and interview about my magazine, K Composite, which was recently published on the site Design-Milk.com. Enjoy! Scott Ritcher launched his now digitally glossy mag, K Composite, back when Macs were used..." READ »
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