CHICAGO: 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 »
DALLAS: Cancer, stroke and heart disease are well documented but not many are aware of the direct links between tobacco and the raised incidence of dementia in an aging population.
The fact that smoking kills is so deeply embedded in our political, social and cultural Read More »
NEW YORK: The eight hundred and tenth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
The HSE plans to open the nursing unit in Ballinamore and transfer patients from St Patrick’s Hospital in an effort to address HIQA concerns about accommodation and Read More »
PHILADELPHIA: Reducing hospital bed occupancy could help save lives, according to researchers who studied efforts to cut occupancy rates.
Bringing down medical bed occupancy to around 90% also helped the trust do better on accident and emergency waiting times, suggest study findings.
The study was Read More »