Increase in elderly considering suicide

Philip-NitschkeNEW YORK: Thousands of older people are investigating peaceful methods to end their own lives because they want to control the nature and timing of their death, says controversial euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke.

The former doctor said there was a developing trend of baby boomers and Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime LOS 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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Researchers make the link between squalor and brain damage

Stacked newspaperCHICAGO: Severe domestic squalor is not a distinct medical condition, but rather is described as a living environment that has become so unclean, messy and unhygienic that people of a similar culture would find cleaning and clearing essential.

Over the years there have been various Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1NEW YORK: The fifty-fifth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

An action group in Caversham Heights is dismayed at plans to redevelop the site of the former Albert Road Day Centre and Arthur Clarke Home.

The group called Sympathetic Planning to Read More »

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