Retirement community to be built around farmers market

COLUMBUS: A retirement community developer is planning to create an over 50s community around a farmers market.

The interloper’s raison d’ĂȘtre is to draw buyers interested in creating a community committed to servicing both the residents and the surrounding suburbs, as well as providing work Read More »

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Skilled nursing homes should stop ordering elderly around

OKLAHOMA CITY: Skilled nursing homes should stop ordering residents when to go to bed, get up and when to eat and treat the elderly with more respect, says an international report.

New guidance from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (Nice) follows warnings Read More »

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Anticholinergic drugs linked to risk for pneumonia in elderly

SEATTLE: In a study of more than 3,000 older Group Health patients living in the community, taking commonly used medications with anticholinergic effects is associated with a significantly higher risk for developing pneumonia, said senior author Sascha Dublin, MD, PhD, a Group Health physician and Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

A Calgary company has the chance to be crowned the top over 50s housing builder. Read More »

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