A loud ringing and bright light jolted Adam English awake. Then he felt the bizarre sensation of a zipper closing from ear to ...

Hypothermia from exposure to cold temperatures was the underlying or contributing cause of death for 166 Californians last year, more than double the number a decade ago.

The increase in hypothermia deaths is linked to a rise in homelessness, especially in California, which has the nation’s ...

Specifically, a bypass trust can be set up to receive pension death benefits so they don’t sit in the estate of the beneficiary subject to a further hit to Inheritance Tax. Changes to pensions ...

A 95-year-old woman was left on a cold pavement for more than five hours waiting for an ambulance after the emergency services told a bystander trying to help her that she wasn’t a priority.

An assisted living provider has apologised to an elderly dementia sufferer who endured six months of taking cold showers. The family of 88-year-old Ruby Harrod said the situation at Clement House ...

An assisted living provider has apologised to an elderly dementia sufferer who endured six months of taking cold showers. The family of 88-year-old Ruby Harrod said the situation at Clement House in ...

It comes as wait times for claims to be processed doubled in a month for pension credit, which is now being used as the means test for winter fuel payments. The removal of the winter fuel allowance ...

with the Met Office issuing health warnings due to the cold for northern England and the Midlands this Tuesday. The Government is actively encouraging pensioners to verify their eligibility for ...

Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother who had dementia, was refusing to put down the steak knife she was holding when the officer discharged his taser. Several Trump administration picks targeted ...