Interview with Kaspar Zölch. What happens with addicts once they reach an age at which they are dependent on care and support in residential facilities? The care homes and homes for the elderly that accept them are still few in number. The Solina Spiez in the...
Editorial Andrea Arz de Falco. The French general and statesman Charles de Gaulle once said: "Old age is a shipwreck". This comparison accurately illustrates what people long thought about old age. In earlier times life was often no more than a fragment, people...
Palliative care/publication. The term "palliative care" is used when the focus of treatment is no longer on cure or life-prolonging measures, but on alleviation of suffering and on the patient's quality of life. Palliative care is playing an increasingly...
Alcoholism in ageing. Every sixteenth person in Switzerland over the age of 60 regularly drinks too much alcohol. This problem is often not taken seriously.