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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Experimental Alzheimer’s drug also seems to slow aging

pillsWASHINGTON, D.C.: Researchers found a drug candidate aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s disease also appeared to have anti-aging benefits, such as better memory and cognition and better physical health when tested on mice.

The drug was specifically designed to combat one of the major risk factors in Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Kay Larmor, 71, was in and out of conventional skilled nursing homes. Then she found Green House homes.

Each home houses only 10 elderly people, and each person has a bedroom and Read More »

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House-shaped clinic designed by Hkl Studio to make elderly feel at home

studioPHILADELPHIA: A sequence of house-shaped volumes make up the form of this medical centre, designed by Hkl Studio to blend in with neighbouring homes on the outskirts of Chiba, Japan.

The Asahicho Clinic provides medical care for elderly patients residing in the suburbs of the Read More »

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