North Shore Hospital has apologised for leaving an elderly heart patient in the emergency department for five hours between doctor consultations.

Religious extremists have been sending cards to the elderly asking them to pick the date they will die.

A hospital emergency department is being investigated after a doctor filled out a "do not resuscitate" order, allegedly without consent.

Thieves posing as bank workers have swindled an 81-year-old Franklin man out of his savings, another in a series of elderly people who have been targeted by scammers in south Auckland.

A Sydney woman who killed her partner with a euthanasia drug has had her manslaughter conviction quashed.

The trend for hobbies and habits of yesteryear is back in vogue your inner.

An urgent care plan is needed to meet the needs of NZ's over 65 population which will rise by 84pc in the next 15 years, according to a review.

Impact-absorbent tiles could become a safety feature in rest homes.

Simple handover plan can remove the angst and smooth the transition of a family business to a new generation.

Rest homes are refusing to comply with a demand to find old people's birth certificates to prove they are eligible for care subsidies.

The cost of dying has taken on a new twist - you can now put a funeral on layby much like any other consumer good.

John Key says public opinion has shifted since compulsory superannuation was rejected in a 1997 referendum.