Transportation to aged-apartheid encampments is morally wrong

moralityNEW YORK: As meritorious as the decision to spend hundreds of millions on the refurbishment of skilled nursing homes might appear, it is a total waste of money.

Government talks licks of paint, aesthetics, the population level per room, accessibility, staff privacy areas and a hundred other Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime PHOENIX: 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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Dementia frontrunner destigmatises condition by stressing community care

japanLOS ANGELES: When Masahiko Sato was diagnosed at age 51 with early-onset Alzheimer’s, he felt his life was over. A decade later, Sato has a mission: destigmatising a condition with a growing social impact in a country that leads the global aging trend.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy NEW YORK: The two hundred and twentieth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Louisville, Kentucky-based Kindred Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: KND) has opened a $20 million transitional care facility in downtown Phoenix.

Called Kindred Transitional Care — Phoenix, the 120-bed facility is Read More »

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