Skilled Nursing Home Design Trends seminar to be held

NEW YORK: A Skilled Nursing Home Design Trends seminar is to be held in New York.

The seminar will cover: Nursing Home Design Still Creating ‘Battery Hen’ Spaces; How they should be designed (to attract occupancy); Understand the needs of the occupier; Understand the philosophy Read More »

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

ATLANTA: 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. Read More »

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Mental training exercises shown to help mitigate the effects of ‘chemo brain’

CHICAGO: Researchers have developed a program that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast cancer by addressing post-treatment cognitive difficulties, sometimes known as “chemo brain,” which can affect up to 35 per cent of women after their treatments. Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Manchester-based Sixtwo Architects has designed 16 homes alongside a new clubhouse and community center for Trafford Housing Trust. It will be a mix of social-rented housing and homes Read More »

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