CHICAGO: A hospital wants to innovate with the introduction of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) – designed to prevent delirium and related complications, such as dehydration, falls and bedsores. It can save more than $800 per patient per year in hospital costs, plus thousands Read More »
Hotels whipping healthcare sector for dominance in medical tourism
PHILADELPHIA: The hotel sector is winning the race to dominate the medical tourism market.
Hotels are adapting more readily to rapidly-changing political, social, natural and human environments. Read More »
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Socializing boosts health literacy
NEW YORK: Older adults can maintain a good understanding of health if they regularly use the internet and take part in social events, new research suggests.
Information on health and disease is now widely available, and people expect to be participants in the process of Read More »
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Let not-for-profits borrow for affordable housing from local people
SAN FRANCISCO: The affordable homes shortage could be fixed by allowing housing associations to seek funding from local people.
Housing associations/not-for-profits could buy land to build low-cost homes with money that would previously have been Read More »
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