Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeCHICAGO: 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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Use of anticholinergic drugs does not increase risk for dementia

riskWASHINGTON, D.C.: Recent evidence has shown a greater risk of dementia, in particular Alzheimer’s disease (AD), in individuals using anticholinergic medications regularly. These drugs are widely used by older adults to treat bladder dysfunction, mood, and pain, and many of them are available without prescription. Since Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

St. Cloud is slated to get a new senior-living facility near its hospital, and Rabits & Romano Architecture has been awarded the contract to push the project forward.

Orlando-based Rabits & Read More »

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Canada’s new movement for radical rest homes

janet DALLAS: Canada’s newest movement in senior housing, radical rest homes, aims to help the growing generation of older adults age together with independence and dignity.

“Two hundred strangers living separately, promised independence and amenities but no one looks happy and your friends are miserable,” is Read More »

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