Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime PHILADELPHIA: 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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Cheap asthma drug could help fight dementia

dr CHICAGO: Tests show just a six-week course of commonly available tablets leads to a marked improvement in mental function.

Montelukast appears to work by reducing inflammation in a part of the brain associated with learning and memory.

It is the latest drug to be “repurposed” Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Uber Technologies Inc. will pay Oakland around $1 million for affordable housing as part of its conversion of the city’s former Sears Building into office space.

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Seniors hub will be a ‘radical social innovation’

carling SAN FRANCISCO: An “innovative” plan to integrate 42 units of low-income seniors housing into the Carlington Community Health Centre has attracted the final $4.6 million needed to go ahead.

It will be the first project of this kind in the province, offering medical care, other kinds Read More »

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