Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimePHILADELPHIA: 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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Study challenges scientific principle about Alzheimer’s protein amyloid beta

study-materialXPDALLAS: A team has studied the aggregation of two of the most common variants of Abeta, namely Abeta 40 and Abeta 42, with 40 and 42 amino acids, respectively, the latter being the variant most closely associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The literature reports that while Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1NEW YORK: The eight hundred and ninety-ninth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

A proposal for a five-storey, 68-unit assisted living and memory care building south of downtown Des Plaines is being revived.

The proposed 65,308-square-foot building at 959-997 Lee Read More »

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Urban design needs to be predisposed towards aging population

aianyexpWASHINGTON, D.C.: The urban design perspective is that we need to have cities that are more accommodating and more positively predisposed toward people who are aged and have limited mobility.

Looking at healthy cities that support older people is the most positive thing we can do—to Read More »

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