https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain is on track to reach its inoculation goal this summer as almost all of its care home residents have now received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the FED care-home association told Reuters on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210219/spain-has-inoculated-almost-all-care-home-residents Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:32:11 +0100 spain-has-inoculated-almost-all-care-home-residents Spanish prosecutors said Tuesday they have filed a criminal complaint against a Madrid care home doctor and its director over the Covid-related death of a resident, in the first such case in the capital region since the start of the pandemic https://www.thelocal.es/20201215/spains-prosecutors-file-criminal-complaint-over-virus-care-home-death Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:49:56 +0100 spains-prosecutors-file-criminal-complaint-over-virus-care-home-death Conditions at elderly care homes in the Spanish regions of Madrid and Catalonia, where thousands died when the pandemic began, remain "alarming" despite improvements, Amnesty International has warned. https://www.thelocal.es/20201209/spain-slammed-over-care-of-elderly-during-coronavirus-crisis Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:51:46 +0100 spain-slammed-over-care-of-elderly-during-coronavirus-crisis 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.es/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 María Branyas at the grand old age of 113 has become the oldest person known to have survived the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.es/20200512/spains-oldest-person-mara-branyas-113-survives-coronavirus Tue, 12 May 2020 14:11:20 +0200 spains-oldest-person-mara-branyas-113-survives-coronavirus With the virus killing thousands at elderly care homes across Spain, some residences remained safe without a single case to report, raising questions about what set them apart. https://www.thelocal.es/20200428/how-the-coronavirus-has-hit-care-home-in-spain Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:49:21 +0200 how-the-coronavirus-has-hit-care-home-in-spain The MSF medical charity lamented Monday that many elderly COVID-19 victims are dying alone amid fears the virus will spread, urging greater efforts to ensure dignified deaths amid the pandemic. https://www.thelocal.es/20200407/msf-urges-dignity-for-elderly-dying-from-coronavirus-in-spain Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:31:56 +0200 msf-urges-dignity-for-elderly-dying-from-coronavirus-in-spain Spanish soldiers deployed to help fight the new coronavirus outbreak have found elderly patients abandoned, and sometimes dead, at retirement homes, as an ice rink inside a Madrid shopping mall was turned into a temporary morgue to cope with a surge in cases. https://www.thelocal.es/20200324/spanish-army-discover-corpses-of-abandoned-elderly-in-care-homes Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:02:56 +0100 spanish-army-discover-corpses-of-abandoned-elderly-in-care-homes Police have broken up a family-run human trafficking ring that smuggled Nicaraguan women into Spain where they were forced to care for old people. https://www.thelocal.es/20190808/spanish-police-smash-trafficking-gang-that-forced-women-to-care-for-elderly Thu, 08 Aug 2019 15:29:47 +0200 spanish-police-smash-trafficking-gang-that-forced-women-to-care-for-elderly The digital overlays of Pokémon Go reinvented Sofia’s everyday experiences of mundane spaces. And she became an outstandingly super-cool grandmother in the eyes of her grandson, Diego. https://www.thelocal.es/20190704/meet-sofia-the-spanish-grandmother-who-uses-pokmon-go-to-reconnect-with-her-city Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:57:17 +0200 meet-sofia-the-spanish-grandmother-who-uses-pokmon-go-to-reconnect-with-her-city People in Spain are predicted to have the longest life expectancy in the world by 2040 – beating Japan into second place - mainly thanks to their Mediterranean diet. https://www.thelocal.es/20181017/spain-set-to-have-longest-life-expectancy-in-the-world Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:29:52 +0200 spain-set-to-have-longest-life-expectancy-in-the-world The son and daughter of a 76 year woman who died through “cruel neglect” in Tenerife have been handed a 17-year prison sentence. https://www.thelocal.es/20181016/son-and-daughter-jailed-for-neglecting-76-year-old-senile-mother-in-tenerife Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:35:02 +0200 son-and-daughter-jailed-for-neglecting-76-year-old-senile-mother-in-tenerife Spanish pensioners are selling their flats for half the market price to buyers prepared to meet their one condition: that they allow the old people to live in their homes until they die. https://www.thelocal.es/20180827/spanish-flats-half-price-on-one-condition-old-owners-live-there-until-they-die Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:36:16 +0200 spanish-flats-half-price-on-one-condition-old-owners-live-there-until-they-die A project to open an LGTB friendly retirement home has been given the green light by authorities in Madrid with plans to open it by the end of the year. https://www.thelocal.es/20180822/madrid-to-open-first-public-retirement-home-for-gay-people Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:20:26 +0200 madrid-to-open-first-public-retirement-home-for-gay-people Tens of thousands of Spaniards rallied across the country on Saturday to demand better pensions as unions accused the government of seeking to privatise retirement benefits. https://www.thelocal.es/20180318/spaniards-rally-for-better-pensions Sun, 18 Mar 2018 05:11:06 +0100 spaniards-rally-for-better-pensions Eight senior citizens huddled around a table stare at a photo of a young Diego Maradona in a red and blue FC Barcelona jersey projected onto a screen at a Madrid retirement home. https://www.thelocal.es/20180226/ex-players-tackle-dementia-in-football-mad-spain Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:29:11 +0100 ex-players-tackle-dementia-in-football-mad-spain He is 80 years old, has suffered a heart attack and quadruple bypass, but on Monday this Spanish grandfather will head off to start a new semester as an Erasmus student in Italy. https://www.thelocal.es/20180214/grandfather-80-becomes-spains-oldest-erasmus-student Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:53:49 +0100 grandfather-80-becomes-spains-oldest-erasmus-student The world's oldest man, a Spaniard from a village near Badajoz, has died at the grand old age of 113. https://www.thelocal.es/20180130/worlds-oldest-man-dies-aged-113-in-spanish-village-where-he-lived-his-whole-life Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:50:12 +0100 worlds-oldest-man-dies-aged-113-in-spanish-village-where-he-lived-his-whole-life Spain’s Ana Vela, the oldest person in Europe, has died peacefully in her sleep at a nursing home in Barcelona, six weeks after celebrating her 116th birthday https://www.thelocal.es/20171218/ana-vela-europes-oldest-person-has-died-in-barcelona-aged-116 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:35:33 +0100 ana-vela-europes-oldest-person-has-died-in-barcelona-aged-116 Francisco Núñez Olivera, the Spaniard who holds the title of the world's oldest man, celebrates his 113th birthday today. https://www.thelocal.es/20171213/worlds-oldest-man-celebrates-113th-birthday-in-extremadura Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:50:11 +0100 worlds-oldest-man-celebrates-113th-birthday-in-extremadura