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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World first in imaging technology developed at Lawson

technology-2NEW YORK: Scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute, in collaboration with Ceresensa Inc., have produced the first commercial imaging product available in the world for PET/MRI scanners. The novel PET-transparent MRI head coil provides unparalleled images to advance the study, diagnosis and treatment of a wide Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Construction will start within weeks on a 25-unit market-rate apartment building that’s just down the street from Luther Seminary, which on Monday signed a deal to sell a small patch of Read More »

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Older adults live independently longer when monitored by care team and technology

you-are-being-monitored LOS ANGELES: Finding ways to help older adults “age in place” has been a focus of researchers at the University of Missouri for more than a decade. Now, a new study shows their work at TigerPlace, an independent living community that uses sensor technology and onsite Read More »

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