Governance lapse to cost nursing home operator $650,000

governance DALLAS: 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

crime LOS 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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Cannabis compounds could be used to treat Alzheimer’s, research suggests

cannabis DALLAS: A component in cannabis can fight toxic proteins which cause Alzheimer’s disease, research has suggested.

The research has been welcomed as providing potential clues for how Alzheimer’s could be treated therapeutically.

The scientists, from the Salk Institute in California, have found evidence that tetrahydrocannabinol Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Councillors on the council’s central sub-area planning committee went against the advice of planning officers and refused Abbeyfield’s application to build a 69-bed extra care facility, a communal Read More »

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