Hybrid housing trend emerges to service gap between homelessness and hospitalization

MIAMI: A social worker has teamed up with her brother to start a new boardinghouse for the homeless.

The venture is designed to meet a need for those who can’t or won’t live independently and who don’t have families locally, but who also don’t need Read More »

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Seven ways to kill staff motivation

MINNEAPOLIS: Some people will never be motivated in their role. Others do what it takes to keep their job and be seen as a team player. Then there are highly motivated workers who, for myriad reasons, lose their passion for the job and become disgruntled. Read More »

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Link between proteins points to possibilities for future Alzheimer’s treatments

CLEVELAND: Researchers have found that the proteins that control the progression of Alzheimer’s are linked in a pathway, and that drugs targeting this pathway may be a way of treating the disease.

The scientists found that as a protein called amyloid precursor protein (APP) is Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The two hundred and ninety-sixth entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

ROC Seniors Housing Fund Manager, an arm of Salt Lake City-based Bridge Investment Group Partners has invested in the assisted living and memory care sector.

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