https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France 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.fr/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 Honorine Rondello was born into a fishing family in Brittany in 1903. Today she turned 114. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170728/frances-oldest-person-honorine-turns-114 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:33:38 +0200 frances-oldest-person-honorine-turns-114 If current life expectancy trends continue France will be home to some 270,000 people aged over 100-years old by 2070. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161104/france-expects-13-times-as-many-centenarians-by-2070 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:10:04 +0100 france-expects-13-times-as-many-centenarians-by-2070 The Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race is not for the faint-hearted, but at 66 Rich Wilson is ready to risk injury, exhaustion and hurricane force winds a second time. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161101/sailor-seniors-risk-life-and-limb-in-round-the-world-race Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:53:51 +0100 sailor-seniors-risk-life-and-limb-in-round-the-world-race A 78-year-old woman named Renée has turned heads in France after writing a report on her first all-night rave party. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160415/france-goes-wild-for-78-year-old-rave-reporter Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:21:09 +0200 france-goes-wild-for-78-year-old-rave-reporter A study by France Strategie, a government-linked think tank, has suggested that France's older population should be hit just a little harder by the tax man. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160330/tax-the-elderly-more-to-help-frances-youths Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:27:22 +0200 tax-the-elderly-more-to-help-frances-youths The 63-year-old was found dead in his Montpellier apartment on Monday, where emergency services found that his dog had apparently eaten part of his leg. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151111/frenchman-found-dead-and-partially-eaten-by-dog Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:01:43 +0100 frenchman-found-dead-and-partially-eaten-by-dog An elderly French woman has been told to pack up and leave her home after her landlord decided to sell the house for more than she could afford. Her landlord, by the way, was her son. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150612/86-year-old-booted-out-of-home-by-her-son Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:27:51 +0200 86-year-old-booted-out-of-home-by-her-son A worker at a retirement home near the French Alps was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of killing six pensioners by poisoning, a source close to the inquiry said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131212/french-care-worker-held-over-poisoning-six-pensioners Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:57:00 +0100 french-care-worker-held-over-poisoning-six-pensioners A fourth person has died after a fire in a retirement home in southern France over the weekend. A 76-year-old man succumbed to his injuries from the blaze which had already claimed the lives of two women and one man, aged between 90 and 100. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130826/retirement-home-fire-claims-fourth-elderly-victim Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:23:00 +0200 retirement-home-fire-claims-fourth-elderly-victim France's health regulator has taken the diuretic medication Furosemide off the shelves after a batch of the pills were found to be dangerously contaminated and linked to two separate deaths, it was reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130611/frances-health-body-recalls-diuretic-pill-after-two-deaths Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:38:00 +0200 frances-health-body-recalls-diuretic-pill-after-two-deaths After the death of his wife, whom he had known for over seven decades, a 90-year-old French man is refusing to give up hope of finding love again. The pensioner has planted a sign at the bottom of his garden to alert potential companions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130422/frenchman-90-looking-for-love-at-the-bottom-of-his-garden Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:40:00 +0200 frenchman-90-looking-for-love-at-the-bottom-of-his-garden An 82-year-old Frenchman who appears to have attempted a daring escape from a hospital in Metz was later found by police - stuck in an air vent. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130415/fleeing-pensioner-gets-stuck-in-hospital-air-vent Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:28:00 +0200 fleeing-pensioner-gets-stuck-in-hospital-air-vent The body of a 76-year-old woman lay undiscovered in her apartment for three years in the south-western city of Toulouse, according to reports on Friday that have left her neighbours shocked. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130412/elderly-woman-lay-dead-in-apartment-for-three-years Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:07:00 +0200 elderly-woman-lay-dead-in-apartment-for-three-years "You'll be late for your own funeral" is an oft used phrase and sadly for one French family it rang true when undertakers failed to deliver their mother in time for her own service. Her distraught family were forced to hold the ceremony without her. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130118/french-woman-misses-her-own-funeral Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:19:00 +0100 french-woman-misses-her-own-funeral The director of a French retirement home where staff threw out a 94-year-old resident over her family’s failure to keep up with payments has been suspended. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130111/negligent-care-home-suspends-director Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:11:00 +0100 negligent-care-home-suspends-director Authorities in France on Monday accused a private retirement home of breaking the law by throwing a 94-year-old woman out and leaving her at an emergency room after her family missed payments. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130107/home-dumped-woman-94-for-not-paying-fees Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:02:00 +0100 home-dumped-woman-94-for-not-paying-fees Two women have been arrested for robbing the elderly after breaking into their homes in the Paris region and strangling them until they lost consciousness. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121102/two-women-arrested-for-strangling-and-robbign-victims Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:34:00 +0100 two-women-arrested-for-strangling-and-robbign-victims Authorities in the town of Lille have found the body of a man who had been dead for 15 years in his home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121022/man-dead-15-years-found-in-lille Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:39:00 +0200 man-dead-15-years-found-in-lille Deaths in February and March in France were 13 percent higher than during the same period last year, according to public health institute the InVS. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120904/deaths-rise-by-13-during-2012-winter-period Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:26:00 +0200 deaths-rise-by-13-during-2012-winter-period