The country’s prime minister called the blaze “a disaster of enormous proportions.” The cause was still to be determined.
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When Caregiving Makes Women Ill
Eastern Europeans have migrated in droves to take care of Italy’s aged and infirm. Then they started getting sick, with an ailment dubbed ‘Italy syndrome.’
As Heat Waves Intensify, Paris Plans for Record Temperatures
City planners say the day when temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50 Celsius, could stall the French capital is not far off. They are already starting to prepare.
As Heat Waves Intensify, Paris Plans for Record Temperatures
City planners say the day when temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50 Celsius, could stall the French capital is not far off. They are already starting to prepare.
Belgian Nonprofit Papy Boom Is Helping Retirement-Home Residents Hit the Clubs
A group of Brussels retirement-home residents grooved to electronic music late one night as part of a program to fight loneliness among seniors.
She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death
In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.
In Spanish Town Devastated by Flood, a Grim Search for Bodies
Rescuers in Paiporta, where more than 60 people died, were still pulling bodies from the mud. “We are alive,” a resident said. “But we have lost everything.”
Ukraine Says Russia Hits Nursing Home Near Border, Killing 1
A dozen other people were injured, some seriously, in the attack in the city of Sumy, which has come under increased bombardment since Ukraine’s offensive into Russia’s nearby Kursk region.
In U.K. Town, a New Way of Caring for Older People
An “integrated care center” brings doctors, physiotherapists, social workers and pharmacists under one roof. It won’t solve Britain’s underlying social care crisis — but it could help.
What Long-Term Care Looks Like Around the World
Most countries spend more than the United States on care, but middle class and affluent people still bear a substantial portion of the costs.