Small unit family care for dementia residents on rise

PHILADELPHIA: It looks like any other home tucked away in a quiet neighbourhood. It is the new way dementia residents are being cared.

The new kind of senior care centre is a Family Home.

A registered nurse now runs three family skilled nursing homes.

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Building second home and progressing retirement slowly is growing trend

SAN DIEGO: Buying a second home and progressing retirement over time is a growing trend in the 45-65 demographic.

The principle is to build your ideal home in an ideal location and spend increasing time in situ.

The top ten second home designs in 2015 Read More »

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Trial will test whether antibody can prevent Alzheimer’s

HOUSTON: Researchers will test for the first time whether a drug that treats brain plaques can prevent later development of memory loss in Alzheimer’s Disease.

Studies have shown that brain changes in Alzheimer’s begin many years before disease onset, and that all patients have deposits Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Pocket’s Fermoy Road development in Maida Vale, which was completed in 2012 and has since won two awards.

Pocket Living is a private developer which builds 38sq Read More »

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