Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeBOSTON: 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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Researchers use neuroimaging to measure early cognitive improvement after mild TBI

alzheimers researchersDALLAS: Researchers published results of a novel study of the functional activation patterns of working memory after mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).

This study, the first to enrol subjects during their initial evaluation in the emergency room, provides new information on the acute effects of Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Henry Cheng Kar-shun is developing Britain’s single largest regeneration development in London, which involves more than 15,000 flats with an estimated investment of £5 billion.

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Elderly banned from gambling games at care centres

gamingNEW YORK: Management at a skilled nursing home has issued a ban on casino-style games due to fears they will trigger gambling addictions.

A growing number of daycare centres are offering the nation’s rapidly expanding pensioner population activities such as mahjong, card games and slot machine games. Read More »

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