NEW YORK: The three hundred and forty-ninth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
A revamp of a Mount Maunganui retirement community has already been awarded gold in this year’s New Zealand Commercial Project Awards.
Entrant Stanley Construction won the restoration Read More »
RICHMOND: A continuing care retirement community (CCRC) has agreed to pay a settlement and civil penalty to resolve charges that it discriminated against residents by creating segregated dining rooms for independent living residents versus those in higher levels of care.
The $350,000 settlement and $40,000 Read More »
INDIANAPOLIS: The image of the police being called in to search for dementia wanderers from skilled nursing homes is traducing the safe haven image of care custodians, and is opening up the management and staff to the increasing propensity to pursue civil damages and criminal Read More »
LAS VEGAS: A protein known to accumulate in Parkinson’s disease and other degenerative brain disorders activates the brain’s immune defenses, researchers say.
The protein is called a-synuclein. The researchers noted that diseases such as Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia are characterized by the abnormal accumulation Read More »