Toyota in joint project for robot-aided seniors complex

toyotaTOKYO: Fujita Health University in Toyoake, Aichi Prefecture, is partnering with Toyota Motor Corp. to open a Robotic Smart Home — a base for nursing robots at the Toyoake apartment complex — next spring.

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeDALLAS: 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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Axon’s pioneering tau vaccine against Alzheimer’s started phase II

vaccineNEW YORK: Axon Neuroscience has announced the successful start of the Adamant phase II study, as the first patient has been vaccinated with the active tau vaccine. Axon’s vaccine, AADvac1, is intended to be the first disease-modifying tau vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease. Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The three hundred and ninety-third entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Arizona State University has a new housing project in the works, but it’s not for students.

The university, working with the not-for-profit organisation Pacific Retirement Services and the Read More »

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