Changes linked to Alzheimer’s may start by age 45

BOSTON: Changes in key biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease during midlife may help identify those who will develop dementia years later, new research suggests.

The study focused on data gathered over 10 years and involved 169 cognitively normal research participants ages 45 to 75 when they Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The five hundred and eighty-ninth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Students and faculty members at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have designed a tiny house to help address the city’s low-cost housing shortage.

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Shipping containers to be converted into studio units for seniors

NEW YORK: Twenty shipping containers are to be turned into small living studios in an innovative bid to help seniors.

The units are being offered out to people who are not homeless, but will struggle to pay the high rent cost in the area.

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

SAN DIEGO: 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 Read More »

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