When Tessie Orcino entered the Toronto East General Hospital's psychiatric ward two years ago, she didn't know she had taken the first step to ending nearly a decade of couch-surfing and homelessness.

The Philippines-born mother of three wouldn't be returning to her sister's care this time around.

"It's killing me....

Twenty per cent of seniors in the South American country of Ecuador live in extreme poverty, mostly in rural areas, according to a World Health Organization advisor on healthy aging.

Enrique Vega Garcia told a conference panel that the numbers are similar across Latin America and...

Five years ago, you could buy a plot of land in Gladstone, Manitoba for one dollar. Residents were leaving in droves and the town, made up in large part by seniors, was dying.

Businesses were moving into the cities, taking taxpayers with them. Many towns in rural Manitoba...

Most seniors say they want to die at home. However, about half of seniors are dying in hospitals, according to research by Verena Menec, the Director of the University of Manitoba's Centre on Aging. She says many of these patients don't need to die in the...