Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeSAN FRANCISCO: 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 Read More »

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The race to find ‘biomarkers’ that can predict dementia

mri-machine.jpg.size.xxlarge.promo cropDALLAS: Biomarker research could provide more certainty for patients. But it could also bring more grief: should doctors tell patients their minds will one day unravel if there is no treatment? Decades of drug trials have failed to cure the disease.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1 NEW YORK: The one thousand and thirty-sixth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

The Woodlands-based Avanti Senior Living plans to break ground on a new assisted living and memory care community in the first quarter of 2016.

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Community hub planned for Queanbeyan riverfront

commuinty hub resizedCHICAGO: Queanbeyan City Council is pushing ahead with plans to make the riverfront a community hub.

Mayor Tim Overall said the council hoped to link the riverfront area with the town centre as part of its CBD stage two upgrade.

“[That will] make it a Read More »

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