Health costs of final month of life top $14K

SEATTLE: The average person generates $14,000 in health-care costs during the last 30 days of his or her life, often receiving high-impact hospital treatment that may only make their passing more difficult, a new study concludes.

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Dementia/memory care providers diverge on issue of best practice

BOSTON: Dementia care providers are deeply divided over care delivery methodologies.

Existing seniors housing providers are attempting to reinforce their hegemony in the sector by either ramping up development of stand-alone memory care models, expanding existing facilities or building new ones to add memory care Read More »

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End-of-life care for terminally ill ‘needs major overhaul’

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The care system for dying patients with terminal illnesses is lacking and needs a major overhaul, says a damning new report.

Patients are being left without sufficient pain relief and respite.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Mashpee’s first assisted living facility is scheduled to open in three months.
Bridges at Mashpee, a 54-unit memory care assisted living community, is just northeast of the Read More »

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