Inspectors find unrecorded death and filth in Oslo nursing homes
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A series of inspections at nursing homes in the capital has uncovered residents left in their own waste and one death that went entirely unnoticed by staff. The reports describe systemic failures in care at the facilities.
The domestic outlook is elsewhere unsettled: 6,000 residents in Sør-Varanger are currently without water, while in Moss, several young people were found unconscious in the town centre. A separate Nordic study notes that two specific cancers are now increasing faster among young adults than the elderly.
Economic indicators provided little comfort as unemployment reached 4.6 percent in September. Shares in Scatec and Komplett both fell sharply following a profit warning and financial results respectively, though record oil prices have kept the country’s energy majors at historic highs.