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July 14, 2008
The world's oldest blogger has died after posting her final blog about singing "a happy song" in her nursing home on July 12. She died at the age of 108. Olive Riley, an Australian woman had posted more than 70 blog entries since February 2007.
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March 24, 2008
Topics marriage, joint, nursing, lawyers, miami, led, lawyer, wedding, health, bank, florida and charges
A 92-year old man's recent marriage was quickly annulled after a judge deemed him unable to manage his responsibilities as a husband. The annulment was on the first ever marriage of Alfred Kreisler, a South Florida lawyer who married 43-year old divorcee Yvette Penichet October of last year.
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December 28, 2007
Topics green, medical, death, dead, man, monitor, nursing, usa, signs, led, job, young, head, body, car and family
Former and current Franklin County medical officers are facing a lawsuit filed by parents of a North Carolina man mistakenly declared dead. Larry Green was hit by a car on January 2005, his body was placed inside a bag and sent to the morgue, until he was found to be alive, over two hours later. Green's parents accused the medical officers of not properly checking his vital signs, which led to Green sustaining injuries that might be beyond recovery.
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December 17, 2007
An elderly woman was surprised to find her own obituary in a Bangor, Maine newspaper Sunday. The mistake was the result of a mix-up in the paperwork of a funeral home. Anne E. Hathaway, 92, said that she was surprised to find her name in the obituaries of the Bangor Daily News. She said that the information stated in the entry was accurate, except for the slight error that she was still in fact very much alive.
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October 17, 2007
A 57-year old man allegedly attacked his 81-year-old father with a hammer and hit him on the head, according to authorities. The San Mateo prosecutors said the suspect Jayantibhai Patel, who is staying in his father's house in Foster City, hit his father with a hammer because he thought the 81-year-old man needed to be sent to the hospital before being sent to a nursing home. Patel wants to keep his father in a nursing home so he can move back to India.
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