ATLANTA: A study has been started into whether there is a link between traumatic brain injury, or PTSD, and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers think there might be.
Long-term PTSD is already associated with greater risk of heart disease, poorer physical health care and increased smoking, alcohol Read More »
Researchers to investigate link between post-traumatic stress disorder and Alzheimers
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Aged care language being altered by ignorance and error
MIAMI: The tragedy for language purists are the changes being imposed by ignorance and error.
Repeated error morphs into common usage and assumes the cloak of correctness.
A generation Y grand-daughter was assisting her frail, and slightly anxious octogenarian gran to hesitantly board an Read More »
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20 per cent expect to sell home to fund care
NEW YORK: Almost one in five – 18 per cent of over-50s – expect to have to sell their home to fund their long-term care needs, according to research commissioned by an insurance company.
Research by the firm from a 2,531 sample showed that on Read More »
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Developer stealing retirement community customers with “open space” idea
NEW YORK: An interloper in the over 50s housing sector is drawing customers from traditional retirement community markets by selling ‘shell space’ in his new mid-city project.
Customers determine how much space they require and pay a square metre rate.
The client then appoints his/her Read More »
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