BOSTON: An international team of researchers has found that there is a shorter form of beta-amyloid that safely binds copper when in excess protecting the brain tissue from damage. The discovery will help researchers better understand the complicated brain chemistry behind dementia and specifically Alzheimer’s Read More »
Alzheimer’s finding questions copper hypothesis
Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award
NEW YORK: The six hundred and seventy-eighth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
The Portland City Council has given a nonprofit housing developer a 22-year tax break worth more than $700,000 to support the construction of a four-storey affordable housing Read More »
Major healthcare brand set to sell nursing home division
NEW YORK: A major healthcare brand has agreed to transfer its nursing home and assisted living operations on or about Oct. 1, according to a briefing note to directors and shareholders.
The move will result in the elimination of 136 jobs. The buyer is yet to Read More »
Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets
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 »