Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime SAN 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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Night shift could raise Alzheimer’s risk

night shift DALLAS: Night shift workers who have trouble sleeping could be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests.

Scientists found evidence that disruptions to the body clock, which make you feel “jet lagged”, may trigger memory loss.

Experiments on mice found shortening their dark hours Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

London mayor Boris Johnson has overturned Wandsworth Council’s decision to refuse GRID Architects’ plans for a mixed-use scheme in Putney town centre

Johnson called in the scheme Read More »

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Baby boomers seeking ‘individual’ home design

1 DALLAS: A stamp collector who wanted a new home in the rainforest asked his architect to surprise him.

It led to an award-winning architectural masterpiece unlike any other in Australia.

Nicknamed “The Stamp House” or “Alkira”, the Cape Tribulation property took five years to build Read More »

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