Legal liabilities exposed by mixing frail and disturbed

INDIANAPOLIS: A skilled nursing home is to face a claim for damages from a resident and her family.

The resident was asleep in her bed when another resident, a 77-year-old man with a history of dementia and hallucinations, entered her room, sat on her bed Read More »

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Top ten seniors design innovations nominated by expert panelists

FORT WORTH: A group of international senior housing designers has determined that ten trends are evolving in the over 50s housing sector. The group’s edicts, guidelines and advice is:

6. Increased demand for pet amenities. Read More »

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Brain development controlled by epigenetic factor

DENVER: McGill researchers have discovered, for the first time, the importance of a key epigenetic regulator in the development of the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with learning, memory and neural stem cells.

Epigenetic regulators change the way specific genes function without altering Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Harborne Village Apartments is a collection of existing apartments that is being given a thorough overhaul and turned into stylish units with a gem of a penthouse on Read More »

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