Trend for seniors to revert to living “above the shop”

MIAMI: If you are old enough, you may remember that people often lived above their business – the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. People could walk the streets and shop for their every need – the demand for cars or buses was negligible. Schools Read More »

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Joined up care will underpin stay at home market

CHICAGO: The growing trend to encourage greater integration between hospitals and social care systems is designed to reduce healthcare costs and lift the ability to provide care in the patients’ own home.

But the system will only work efficiently if a new Read More »

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Sixty-seven percent of healthcare dollar wasted on ticket clippers

NEW YORK: A survey of healthcare spending shows that 67 percent of each dollar allocated to care is absorbed by a long line of “ticket clippers” who add little or no value to the efficacy or standards of healthcare delivery.

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Skilled nursing homes missing growth opportunities in emerging sub-markets

NEW YORK: Old race horses are being rehabilitated at the same time as injured members of the armed services giving both a new lease on life.

A former mounted police officer who has worked with horses for 25 years, Scott Brodie’s racehorses have also helped Read More »

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