BOSTON: A five-year, international study into the genetic roots of Alzheimer’s is expanding. The TOMMORROW study, which is going on in about 50 locations in North America, Europe and Australia, tests a drug — one used to control diabetes — to see whether it could Read More »
Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award
NEW YORK: The five hundred and ninety-sixth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
The Santa Clarita City Council members voted 5-0 Tuesday evening to a plan that will bring a bigger Senior Centre and a bigger YMCA building to the Read More »
Study finds seniors in subsidized housing have higher rates of vision impairment
LOS ANGELES: Older adults living in subsidized housing facilities have higher rates of vision impairment than their peers, according to a new study.
The findings were based on vision screenings for 238 residents of 14 federally subsidized senior housing facilities. Forty percent of those surveyed 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 Read More »