Aged care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: 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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Melbourne patients world’s first to gain access to drug trial

MELBOURNE: Melbourne patients will be the first in the world to access a breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug shown to wake people up from the devastating impacts of dementia.

Up to 300 Australians will be offered the chance to trial experimental drug Anavex 2-73 next year in Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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NEW YORK: The seventeenth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2017 has been received.

Walton Communities announced that it has secured more than $14 million in financing through a deal with SunTrust Community Capital to build an 80-unit affordable housing community for seniors in Augusta, Read More »

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Divorce hits later, as couples stay together longer

NEW YORK: Australians are getting divorced later in life, with the age at divorce hitting a record high of 45 years for men and 43 years for women in 2015, as both sexes delay marriage but stay married for longer.

This means both men and women Read More »

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