Police on Saturday arrested a male home nurse over the charge of assaulting an Alzheimer’s patient by undressing him and dragging him along the floor of the house. Police said Vishnu, 37, a native of Vilakkudy in Kollam, tortured Sasidharan Pillai, 60, a native of Thatta near Pandalam, on Thursday. Pillai is currently admitted in…
One recent evening, Sandra Demontigny tried to write down when she would die. “I sat down in a corner with a candle next to me, just to create my own bubble, to think and to cry a little,” she said. She had reflected on this moment for years, desperately hoped for it, fought tirelessly for…
Soon, Irene Mekel will need to pick the day she dies. She’s not in any hurry: She quite likes her life, in a trim, airy house in Castricum, a Dutch village by the sea. She has flowers growing in her back garden, and there is a street market nearby where vendors greet villagers by name….
John Prescott, the pugnacious Deputy Prime Minister to UK’s Tony Blair during his 10 years in government, has died aged 86 after a battle with Alzheimer’s, his family said on Thursday. Prescott, who served under Blair from 1997 to 2007, was known as a plain-speaking politician who bridged the divide between the traditional left-wing and…