Dementia Housing and Management Trends seminar to be held

NEW YORK: A Dementia Housing and Management Trends seminar is to be held in New York.

The seminar will cover: Dementia Specific Design / Luxury Hotel; Concept Of Green Care Farms For Older People with Dementia; Retro Villages For Dementia Residents; ‘Revolutionary’ Care Home For Read More »

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

LAS VEGAS: 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.

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Epilepsy drug found to slow down slide into Alzheimer’s

DENVER: A drug widely used for treating epilepsy could also slow the onset of dementia, a study has found.

The drug, Levetiracetam, could be used to treat dementia as well as epilepsy.
Researchers have discovered it calms “hyperactivity” in the brain linked with Alzheimer’s. Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Primrose Retirement Community is building a complex of 20 townhomes and a clubhouse adjacent to its 40 independent living apartments and 40 assisted-living apartments. Read More »

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