Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The five hundred and sixth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Planning permission has been granted for a new £5m health centre.

The health centre project will now move in to the final stages of design and planning, Read More »

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Charity calls for more staff at skilled nursing homes

DALLAS: More staff with specific dementia awareness training are needed in skilled nursing homes, according to a charity.

The charity CEO said all staff at skilled nursing homes should receive dementia awareness training, not just for the residents’ benefit but also for the benefit of Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

CHICAGO: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to Read More »

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Brain inflammation targeted in first drug discovery project

NEW YORK: Researchers are to build on their current finding that a protein in the immune system called CSF1R could be the key to an effective new drug for the disease.

Together with drug discovery experts, they will seek to develop novel therapeutics to target Read More »

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