Smartphone app could give your imagination creative boost

appsDALLAS: It afflicts all authors and aspiring novelists at some time in their careers, but technology may provide a way to combat the dreaded writers’ block by giving them a creative boost.

Psychologists are developing a smartphone app they say will help to improve people’s Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The city of Charleston’s “gathering place” zoning is a solution to urban sprawl and auto dependency.

But critics have assailed the project now under construction as being Read More »

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New guidelines proposed for end-of-life care for patients

guidelinesSAN ANTONIO: A number of health experts, instead of just one doctor, should be involved in decisions regarding end-of-life care for patients, say proposed new guidelines.

The advisory also addresses concerns that fluids were being withheld and now suggests that people in their last days 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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