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Separation of aged care from total social organism of city is failure of planning says architect
NEW YORK: “One of our great failings in planning or conceiving of cities is that we break everything into silos – hospitals and schools are quite separate as entities rather than as part of a total social organism that is a city,” says architect Philip Thalis. Read More »
Harmful drinking among middle-class over-50s is a ‘hidden phenomenon’
NEW YORK: People over 50 who are healthy, active, sociable and highly educated are at more risk of harmful drinking than their less well-off peers, according to research. A study of more than 9,000 people has concluded that drinking among the over-50s is a hidden “middle Read More »
Over 50s will underpin education/university market in 21st century
NEW YORK: The over 50s market will become the largest segment of tertiary education in the 21st century. The marginalised group has the thirst for knowledge and the capacity to pay.
As universities are universally weaned off the public funding teat, they will come to recognise Read More »
Nurses afraid of giving medication to patients about to die
LOS ANGELES: Some nurses are afraid of repercussions when giving medication to patients who are close to death, claims a senior doctor.
A hospital’s director of palliative care told an inquiry into end-of-life choices she was concerned sometimes pain relief was withheld or given in lower Read More »