Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The four hundred and seventy-second entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

A Dallas senior living community has undergone a $36 million expansion and renovation to keep up with demand for senior living options in North Texas.

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Not-for-profit in push to adopt French buddy system

OKLAHOMA CITY: A not-for-profit is lobbying for funds to implement the French student elderly buddy system.

A growing number of students are living with elderly people under a scheme launched by charities and being promoted by the French government.

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

PORTLAND: 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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Former brain eating tribe may offer clues on Parkinson’s disease and dementia

BALTIMORE: Research involving a former brain eating tribe from Papua New Guinea is helping scientists better understand so-called prion conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia.

People of the Fore tribe, studied by scientists, have developed genetic resistance to a mad cow-like disease called kuru Read More »

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