Governance lapse to cost nursing home operator $650,000

governance150MIAMI: Authorities are increasingly showing no tolerance for governance breaches.

A stolen iPhone containing the medical records of more than 400 nursing home patients will cost the former owner of several nursing homes $650,000 under a federal settlement.

The theft occurred at a facility under Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeLOS ANGELES: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively Read More »

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Flinders University helps find potent vaccine for dementia

Vaccine3150PHILADELPHIA: The world’s first dementia vaccine could be just three to five years away, after research teams at Flinders University in Adelaide and in the US landed a “breakthrough discovery”.

In the face of more than 7.5 million new cases of Alzheimer’s diagnosed annually around Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The four hundred and twenty-eightieth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

A new affordable housing facility for seniors will be built in the Montbello neighbourhood of Denver.

Construction at 4325 Carson Street in northeast Denver will complete the three-acre Read More »

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