Anticholinergics slow rehabilitation in brain injury patients

tabletsLOS ANGELES: Common medications with anticholinergic properties may delay recovery from brain injury.

While anticholinergics are known to produce side effects including temporary cognitive impairment, dizziness, and confusion, its effect on people with existing brain injuries was not known. Medications with anticholinergic properties are used to Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The seven hundred and seventeenth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Plans to transform a 24-acre site, including the former Greggs headquarters, into a multi-million housing scheme are poised to be submitted by developers Adderstone Group.

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Publisher launches Mosby’s orientation to home health care

textbookBOSTON: An online course helps prepare new and experienced nurses and therapists to provide care to patients in their homes.

Mosby’s Orientation to Home Health Care is a comprehensive online, continuing education course that helps home health care organisations prepare nurses and therapists to provide Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeMIAMI: 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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