They didn’t fit the typical profile of activists at a rally for student debt forgiveness. But on a dreary December afternoon, a group of senior citizens gathered in the rain outside the ...

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If it ever does get built, the plan is expected to cost tens of billions of dollars, and would require the building of a new commuter-only rail line to carry the train which could hit speeds of up ...

Sentai can also remind users to take medication, get a loaf of bread, go to bed and conduct other day-to-day tasks. And because Sentai is powered by Amazon Alexa, elderly users can speak to the ...

KAMLOOPS — A call for more seniors housing units was recently reiterated through a new report from BC’s Seniors Advocate. The Monitoring Seniors Services Report provides deeper insight into how ...

Tying their hands to the bed rails causes the patient to react violently and noisily; so the second solution is lots of drugs to calm them down. But what other options are available to hospital or ...

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Her Majesty Queen Rania visits on Sunday Darat Samir Shamma for the Elderly on Sunday, where residents were relocated after a fire broke out at the White Beds Society’s Golden Age Home on Friday ...

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Almost 6,500 seniors were waiting for publicly subsidized long-term care beds in the last year, an increase of 250 per cent over the last five years, he noted. Seniors admitted to long-term care ...

At an expo for elderly care and rehabilitation products in Beijing on Nov 30, a man ordered an adjustable bed for his 94-year-old father. The 66-year-old Beijing resident, who wished to be ...

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