MIAMI: Research confirms the unnecessarily high usage of benzodiazepine and antipsychotic medications in the aged care sector, leading international experts to dub residential care facilities “modern mental institutions for the elderly”.
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Care sector will have to learn to manage without resorting to medication
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Multi-family developments to include wine cellars and ‘designated’ tea rooms
PHOENIX: The latest design innovation in multi-generational housing is the wine cellar and designated tea rooms where residents can share intimate moments with friends, family and each other.
Each multi-family unit also features guest rooms for out of Read More »
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Companies making mistake in “medicalising” market
ST. LOUIS: The Ascension Health Joint Venture with Evolution Health which is designed to increase penetration of the post-acute services market will deny itself its full potential because of its over emphasis on medical imaging.
The market has moved from its ‘reverence for the white Read More »
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Multigeneration houses to become new ‘shared care’ social model
MIAMI: The think tank IPPR has recommended that all western countries learn from the multigeneration houses in Germany, designed to provide support to people of several generations at once, with a kindergarten rubbing shoulders with day service for older people… Read More »
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