Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime BOSTON: 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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Blue LED lights may help treat Alzheimer’s disease

blue_led MIAMI: A team of researchers have found a way to prevent the abnormal assembly of beta-amyloid plaques in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s using photosensitisers and blue LED lights. Beta-amyloid is a type of a protein which gets accumulated in the brain of the affected person. Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1 NEW YORK: The eighteenth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

A stunning development of one-and-two-bedroom condos and a dedicated retirement community is being built on the last remaining beachfront location on Thailand’s island of Phuket.

MontAzure will occupy a site measuring Read More »

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Software innovation set to boost aged care around the world

desarrollo_software WASHINGTON, D.C.: Innovative software developed at The University of Queensland can now be used to improve aged care worldwide, with leading global health care company Raisoft signing a non-exclusive license.

CeGA Online is a web-based geriatric assessment and clinical decision support system developed by researchers from Read More »

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