Rise of social worker playing at being ‘God’

OKLAHOMA CITY: Social workers moved an elderly man to a skilled nursing home 14 miles away from his family without carrying out the proper formal assessments, an investigation has found.

The man’s wife complained that social workers compelled her husband, who has dementia, to move Read More »

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Growth of REITs to be curtailed by grassroots interventionist movement

NEW YORK: The international push by twenty USA based healthcare REITs into a dozen countries is being threatened by the rise of grassroots interventionists.

The early REIT arrivals got in under the political radar. Read More »

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Call to give unpaid carers professional qualifications

TULSA: People looking after sick or elderly loved-ones could be recruited to help avert a disastrous shortage of care workers as the population ages, the head of a care training group has suggested.

She is calling for those already looking after frail, elderly or Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

But the application by Dover Hospital for its 60 care suites at its Health Center has been rejected. Read More »

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