All news on the topic: Older people

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Private firms operated nearly all care homes in England that were forced to shut due to breaches
Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were run for profit
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The world’s oldest person, Maria Branyas Morera, passes away at the age of 117
Supercentenarian who died in her sleep had lived through two world wars and Spain’s civil war
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Scotland eliminates universal winter fuel payment in anticipation of further cuts
Scottish ministers have scrapped a universal winter fuel payment and are preparing deep cuts in other spending after the UK chancellor, Rachel Reves’s, warnings of a £22bn black hole.