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The great-nephew of Mrs O said yesterday he was in no financial position to help pay for care for his elderly relative and didn’t have room to take her into his own home.
Mr S told The Royal Gazette: “I am struggling. I have been to the bank to refin...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government has indicated there may be a place for 98-year-old widow Mrs O at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s long-term care facility.
But the cost of keeping her there would be almost $14,000 a month: far more than the amount needed to pay for at...
DATE: Dec 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Readers of The Royal Gazette who want to help a 98-year-old widow in desperate need of care now have somewhere to send their donations.
The LCCA (Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association) agreed yesterday to “facilitate the collection and disbursement ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
More mentally-ill patients are to be treated in their own homes because of the stigma attached to “walking up the hill” to the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute.
A new team of staff has been set up with the sole responsibility of carrying out home visi...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Government has apologised to FutureCare clients for failing to inform them of a change in co-payments.
It also reassured that they will not be hit with bills backdated prior to April 1 2011, despite a system error that led medical providers to be pai...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Seniors advocacy group, Age Concern, is calling on Government to review FutureCare legislation and provide financial assistance to eligible seniors following revelations of a glitch in the system which led to overpayments to healthcare providers.
“We...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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FutureCare, the health insurance programme for senior citizens has been overpaying on claims due to a “system configuration error”.
The error was corrected in April which means dozens of seniors will soon be getting bills in the hundreds of dollars t...
DATE: Dec 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Movember challenge to grow a moustache and get sponsorship in support of men’s health brought in $64,000 last month for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
Out of the 162 “MoBros” (56 individuals and ten teams), The Royal Gazette’s own Alex Wri...
DATE: Dec 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The proclamation of World Aids Day in front of City Hall came with a minute’s silence, marking Bermuda’s decades of struggle with the epidemic.
Students from Harrington Sound Primary School, Somersfield and Whitney Institute addressed a crowd on the ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of people will declare their HIV status on their chests as part of a provocative campaign to get people talking about sexually-transmitted diseases.
About 300 people, including Public Works Minister Michael Weeks and MP Dale Butler, will do...
DATE: Nov 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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