Supreme Court makes pivotal dementia death ruling

LEGALHOUSTON: The Supreme Court ruling this week on the liability of the family of a 91-year-old dementia patient fatally hit by a train after wandering onto the railway tracks in 2007 should lead us once again to think who should bear — and how society Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeBOSTON: 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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Ability to cope with stress when young may impact cognition in midlife

stress-pencil-cropped DALLAS: Researchers have found that people who struggle to cope with stressful situations in their twenties may have worse memory and thinking skills in their fifties.

The team followed 3,126 people over a 25 year period. At the start of the study, all volunteers (men Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy NEW YORK: The one hundred and thirty-eighth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Major changes are being planned for a combination senior high-rise and retail center in Richfield – changes some fear will attract the wrong kind of demographic to the Read More »

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