Reading for pleasure builds empathy and improves wellbeing

BooksLOS ANGELES: There is strong evidence that reading for pleasure can increase empathy, improve relationships with others, reduce the symptoms of depression and the risk of dementia, and improve wellbeing throughout life, new research has found.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

High prices and foreign buyers have Londoners hot and bothered as multigenerational luxury apartments keep springing up in the Nine Elms district of London.

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Report into death in care reveals lack of continuous education for staff

pencilsBOSTON: A report issued today into a death in care has ripped away the pretence of care staff training, revealed an absence of continuous education and exposed an executive attitude of indifference.

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeWASHINGTON, D.C.: 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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