Disgrace to handball dementia wanderers conundrum to police budget

PHILADELPHIA: The news leak revealing an application for tax payer funds by a police search and rescue team to pay for the time and resources required to track and find dementia wanderers from skilled nursing homes is an industry disgrace.

Skilled nursing home proprietors are Read More »

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Asian seniors misled about over 50s housing project

LOS ANGELES: It’s not unusual for public meetings to draw large numbers of activists when the topic involves a battle between market-rate and affordable housing. But last week’s planning meeting took a surprising turn when a group of non-English-speaking Asian-immigrant seniors showed up to support Read More »

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Ongoing clinical trial for anti-cancer drug found to restore brain function in Alzheimer’s disease rodent model

NEW YORK: Researchers have published the finding that a specific experimental anti-cancer drug can be used as an effective therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers have now discovered that the drug saracatinib (AZD0530, AstraZeneca), originally developed as an anti-cancer drug, has a therapeutic effect in Alzheimer’s Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The new $17m housing scheme for the elderly in Bracknell opened in April 2015.

The retirement community features 65 one and two-bedroom apartments, as well as a Read More »

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