Senior companion program to be launched

BALTIMORE: A senior companion program is to be launched by a church charity.

The program will provide free assistance to elderly adults needing support to remain in their own homes.

The coordinator of the new initiative said… Read More »

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Sandwich generation has most impact on senior housing decisions

SAN DIEGO: The “sandwich generation” is a term coined for families squeezed between taking care of an aging parent and raising young children or supporting adult children.

This is becoming all too common with about one-in-seven middle-aged persons taking on financial responsibility for both a Read More »

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New study found three-month paliperidone palmitate significantly delayed time to relapse

NEW YORK: Three-month paliperidone palmitate, an investigational atypical antipsychotic, significantly delayed time to relapse compared to placebo in patients with schizophrenia, according to a new Phase 3 clinical study published this week.

The treatment will enable patients to receive injections once every three months, compared Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has completed the construction of 72 social housing units in Delmas, a vulnerable neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, heavily affected by the 2010 earthquake. Read More »

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