Economics professor to track trends in senior care costs

KNOXVILLE: An assistant professor of economics is to produce an assisted living price index and to further academic research on how individuals can make choices about residential long-term care.

“While long-term care is an intensely studied topic in health economics, choices about assisted living and Read More »

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Skilled nursing homes join forces to boost care with technology

DENVER: At most skilled nursing homes, the blood pressure, pulse rate and temperature of patients are measured using multiple devices before they are manually recorded on paper, in a laborious and error-prone process.

But more homes are now turning to technology to minimize lapses and Read More »

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How to protect your aging brain

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A new report examines how aging affects attention, thinking and decision-making. It also recommends steps you can take to reduce your risk for cognitive decline, and suggests that being proactive now will pay off in the future.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Work has started on a LGBT senior housing project on part of the now-defunct San Francisco State Teacher’s College complex.

Wood Partners is building 330 units of Read More »

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