https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed At least 234 of Sweden's 290 municipalities have elderly care homes with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases. But a handful seem to have been able to protect residents from Covid-19, in some cases despite staff being infected. So what did they do differently, and could their strategies be applies elsewhere? https://www.thelocal.dk/20200630/some-swedish-care-homes-have-had-no-cases-of-covid-19-what-did-they-do-right Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:49:53 +0200 some-swedish-care-homes-have-had-no-cases-of-covid-19-what-did-they-do-right Twenty four residents at an elderly care home in Jutland have been put into isolation, four employees have been sent home, and family visits have been stopped, after a night watchman tested positive for coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200708/care-home-in-denmark-isolated-after-worker-tests-positive Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:46:56 +0200 care-home-in-denmark-isolated-after-worker-tests-positive Denmark will from this Thursday allow friends and relatives of people in elderly care homes and hospitals to visit as often as they like, in a move some experts have warned is a step too far. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200630/denmark-lifts-visiting-restrictions-on-elderly-care-homes Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:58:07 +0200 denmark-lifts-visiting-restrictions-on-elderly-care-homes Increasing numbers of Danes are enjoying long lives with more years of good mental health, says a report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170614/more-and-more-danes-reaching-100th-birthdays Wed, 14 Jun 2017 21:05:15 +0200 more-and-more-danes-reaching-100th-birthdays A new village will open its doors to upwards of 225 residents on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161121/denmarks-first-dementia-village-welcomes-residents Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:20:18 +0100 denmarks-first-dementia-village-welcomes-residents Most Danish municipalities are now fitting dementia patients with GPS tracking systems, a new survey shows. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151228/gps-tracking-helps-to-keep-danish-elderly-from-harm-dementia Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:23:39 +0100 gps-tracking-helps-to-keep-danish-elderly-from-harm-dementia Following the 2016 budget announcement on Thursday, opposition parties were quick to criticize cuts to education, the environment and developmental aid while Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl was accused of breaking election promises by his party’s supporters. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151120/denmarks-reverse-robin-hood-budget-under-fire Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:56:26 +0100 denmarks-reverse-robin-hood-budget-under-fire The Venstre government landed its first budget agreement on Thursday, with new large investments in healthcare and cuts to education, development aid and environmental initiatives. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151119/denmarks-new-budget-favours-elderly-and-car-buyers Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:28:38 +0100 denmarks-new-budget-favours-elderly-and-car-buyers Denmark’s oldest woman died on Friday at the age of 110 after a life filled with hard work and abstention from vices. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150202/denmarks-oldest-woman-dies-110 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:29:06 +0100 denmarks-oldest-woman-dies-110 For the third year in a row, Denmark has topped an Australian study comparing the pension systems of 25 different countries. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141013/denmark-has-worlds-best-pension-system-study Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:59:00 +0200 denmark-has-worlds-best-pension-system-study Denmark is among the best countries to live out the twilight of one's years, but was ranked several places below its neighbours in a new global index measuring the quality of life of elderly people in 96 countries. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141001/denmark-is-one-of-the-best-places-to-grow-old Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:14:00 +0200 denmark-is-one-of-the-best-places-to-grow-old People still have a lot to offer beyond age 70 says the employment minister, who plans to change current legislation to remove the possibility of forcing employees out on their 70th birthday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140814/denmark-to-do-away-with-forced-retirement Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:12:00 +0200 denmark-to-do-away-with-forced-retirement All government correspondence will arrive in residents' digital mailboxes rather than their physical ones beginning on November 1st, but far from everyone is happy about the switch. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140722/half-a-million-danes-reject-digital-future Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:33:02 +0200 half-a-million-danes-reject-digital-future