Simple memory test might predict Alzheimer’s disease 18 years before diagnosis

test-taking-memory-techniquesCHICAGO: Researchers have devised a memory test for predicting Alzheimer’s disease nearly two decades before it fully develops, proving that symptoms for the debilitating condition may show up much earlier than previously thought.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The six hundred and eighty-second entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Building on its global carbon reduction efforts, health and care organisation Bupa has been quietly working away at its most significant green initiative in Australia – the Read More »

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Court ruling quashes small sites affordable housing exemptions

equityLOS ANGELES: An affordable housing provider had sought to persuade the High Court to quash the planning guidance which exempts small development sites from the need to have affordable housing included on them.

The proposed new policy could reduce the amount of affordable housing by more Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: 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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