2014.11.12
Does family kill career? Sometimes mothers don’t resume work after parental leave, despite the improvements in work-lafi balance policies achieved by German companies and government. But another reason to give up or reduce the ...
2014.09.01
They account for nearly one-quarter of patients in German hospitals but they are receiving second-rate treatment. The state of people with dementia in Germany's health clinics and hospitals is the subject of a report ...
2014.04.04
GERT is a simulator that allows young people to experience the limitations that accompany old age. From the loss of clear sight and a reduced range of vision, to a loss of hearing and ...
2014.02.12
Even if you haven't spoken to your father for 40 years, you'll still have to support him in old age. This is what has been established by the Bundesgerichtshof, the German Federal Court of ...
2012.09.10
German people suffering from dementia are 1.4 million. A record number, which, however, is likely to further increase if no significant changes will occur in the prevention and therapy. The alarm was raised by ...
2012.05.28
Bound and immobilized with the use of restraints and heavy sedatives. This is the harsh daily life of nearly half a million elderly people with Parkinson's disease or senile dementia in public or private ...
2012.03.12
Surprise! Even immigrants getting older. The common vulgate that think about them as eternal young people, without family, in search of work is very deceptive. The confirmation comes from Germany. Where over 65 non-dependent ...
2012.01.12
The first generation of Muslim immigrants in Germany is aging and in need of care. To try to answer this new emergency in Berlin just opened the International Hospital of Kreuzberg, reserved only for ...
2011.12.19
Those suffering from health problems hardly decide to travel. And in fact, seniors who make trips abroad are few. A German cruise company now proposes instead a route in the Baltic Sea for people ...
2011.12.02
A crossword a day keeps Alzheimer's out of the way, or at least slows down its symptoms. It is the result of a new therapy called MAKS. That replaces traditional medicinal with gardening, sudoku, ...