Elderly

The most current state data from October shows that at long-term care facilities, only 6% of staff and 11% of residents have gotten this year's COVID-19 booster.

Based on data collected from 2000 to 2021, the research led by University of California, Merced shows almost half of Oregonians impacted by wildfires are elderly, disabled or low-income.

Kane Tanaka, who was born in 1903, held the title of oldest person alive for the past three years. She died Tuesday at a hospital in western Japan.

Venezuela has just over five million pensioners, according to official figures. Annual inflation, which slowed last year but still reached 686.4%, has eaten up their pensions for years.

Federal health officials are pressing nursing home workers to get their booster shots amid a spike in COVID-19 cases among staffers and a concerning lag in booster vaccination for residents and staff.

As more than 90,000 of America’s long-term care residents have died in the coronavirus pandemic, advocates for the elderly say a tandem wave of death separate from the virus has quietly claimed tens of thousands more, often because overburdened workers haven’t been able to give them the care they need.

We hear about disparities in domestic terrorism prosecutions, the latest on Oregon's "elder abuse epidemic," and a bill that would require grand juries proceedings be recorded.

We hear why bestselling Portland author Chelsea Cain recently shut down her Twitter account. We'll also talk to the state's first elder abuse prosecutor and end with an interview with Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson.

Reports of physical, emotional, and financial abuse of people aged 65 an older went up by 10 percent in Oregon between 2013 and 2014.