New study shows link between TV viewing and Alzheimer’s

television_coloresCHICAGO: As if it couldn’t get worse for the television industry.

Younger people are leaving TV for other modes of visual entertainment — the computer and the smartphone, for example. This makes TV viewing more and more the province of older Americans, who have been Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophySAN FRANCISCO: The six hundred and eighty-fifth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

A new care hub for people with dementia could open in Dundee.

Plans for an extension to accommodate a specialist 20-bed facility at Harestane Nursing Home, on Read More »

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Call to curb antipsychotics for nursing home residents

stopHOUSTON: Public subsidies for antipsychotic medications used in nursing homes should be restricted to curb the “outrage” of harmful overprescribing of the powerful drugs to the elderly, experts say.

Three top figures in healthcare provision for the elderly made the call as a high-level stakeholder Read More »

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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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