Boomers create guerilla gardens in public spaces

INDIANAPOLIS: Boomers are behind the new guerilla garden movement.

Tomatoes, lettuces, an abundance of flowers, seating and an array of planter boxes, even an outside shower, form part of public ‘pop-up’ gardens. Read More »

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Alzheimer’s, arthritis and multiple sclerosis treatments could be improved by scientists’ development of MCC950 molecule

SEATTLE: A new discovery could be the key to improved treatments for diseases like Alzheimer’s, arthritis and multiple sclerosis.

Scientists at the University of Queensland worked with an international team to develop a molecule that fights one of the Read More »

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Not-for-profit moves toward separately housing violent SNF residents

TORONTO: A not-for-profit has moved one step closer to a plan that would transfer violent public nursing home residents to a segregated government- or private agency-managed facility using state money.

The not-for-profit board has approved a measure that would Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

A Place Called Home Residential Care run by two brothers — a registered nurse and a businessman — which started in 2012 to provide senior care in a home-like setting Read More »

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