WINNIPEG: A “middle option” for seniors could alleviate some of the demand for personal skilled nursing home beds as the population rapidly ages, a new study from the University of Manitoba suggests.
Right now 25 per cent of Manitobans aged 85 and older live in personal Read More »
BOSTON: 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 »
LOS ANGELES: We must stop treating antibiotics ‘like sweets’, a government-commissioned report warned last week.
The report, by economist Lord Jim O’Neill, said misuse of the drugs is ‘teaching’ superbugs to resist even powerful antibiotics.
Such bugs as Clostridium difficile are estimated to account for 700,000 Read More »
NEW YORK: The three hundred and forty-sixth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.
Homeless people will have access to showers at a proposed inner city office block while they sort out their housing problems.
Major builder Grocon wants to provide the Read More »