Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Apartments, condos, senior housing, offices and a hotel are amongst the uses for 35 wooded acres at Page Avenue and Interstate 270 in Maryland Heights.

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Major player set to abandon assisted living sector

DALLAS: A founding father of the assisted living concept says it is in the final years of its business cycle.

The assisted living ideal of a recreation of the family home is slowly morphing into a quasi-skilled nursing home as the industry polarizes into two categories, Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

DETROIT: 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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Medical marijuana study fails to show benefit on behavioural symptoms

SEATTLE: Tetrahydrocannabinol, the main chemical involved in marijuana’s psychoactive effects, has analgesic properties.

Analgesics have recently been shown to be beneficial for neuropsychiatric symptoms, particularly agitation, in patients with dementia. Building on this, researchers hypothesised that low-dose oral tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the main chemical involved Read More »

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