Home care experiment could mean fewer hospital stays

hospitalcareNEW YORK: There’s a little $10 million health care experiment going on in New York that could mean fewer of us will end up in the hospital.

In the past year and a half, Mt. Sinai Hospital has started treating a number of patients at 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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Physical fitness may offer protection from alzheimer’s disease

Physical fitness 600x449FRANKFORT: Recent research suggests that exercise might provide some measure of protection from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia’s.

A group of researchers led by Nathan Johnson PT, DPT, PhD of the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences, was able to demonstrate a positive correlation Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

A proposal to build a $32 million, four-story senior living center received a nod of support Tuesday from the Cedar Rapids City Council.

The council approved a resolution Read More »

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