Lawsuit to be filed by apartment owners against senior living developer

CHICAGO: Several apartment owners have taken legal advice over a pending neighborhood senior living facility. 193 units and 250 car spaces are being planned.

Seven residents have been convinced the senior housing project will have a deleterious effect on existing property values.

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Doctors/medical staff need to absorb 15 facts about palliative care

JACKSONVILLE: These are the 15 (tweetable) nuggets of wisdom that all care attendants, nurses, doctors and medical staff need to comprehend says palliative care and hospice physician Staci Mandrola. Commit them to memory and be better able to make a contribution.

11. Ask your patients Read More »

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Epilepsy drug could restore brain function

BALTIMORE: An existing drug used to treat epilepsy could reverse a condition in elderly patients who are at high risk for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.

The epilepsy drug calms hyperactivity in the brain of patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), a clinically recognized Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Sixty-one new affordable apartments for senior citizens — including seven for formerly homeless seniors and five for older adults with lifelong disabilities — have been built in Brighton Read More »

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