The Rise of Assisted Living: Why Elderly Apartments are in High Demand
In recent years, there has been a noticeable surge in demand for assisted living facilities, particularly elderly apartments. This trend underscores a significant shift in how society approaches senior care, prioritizing independence and quality of life for the aging population.
Several factors contribute to the growing popularity of these living arrangements, from demographic changes to evolving preferences among seniors themselves.
Demographic Shifts
A big reason more people are talking about apartments for seniors is because there are a lot more older people now than before. This is because people are living longer and having fewer babies.
This means more grandmas and grandpas are looking for places to live where they can have their …
The Advantages of Buying a New Construction Home
Whether you’re in the early stages of planning to buy a new home or you’re still thinking about your options, there are plenty of things to consider when looking at new homes. New construction homes are very popular in Parrish, Florida, and you can settle down with your family in some beautiful parts of this area.
Building your own home might be an attractive option, and there are many advantages to think about. Let’s look at some of the reasons why you should buy a new construction home.
Fewer Problems
You are less likely to encounter common problems when building a new home from the beginning. Unlike existing homes, everything is new, and therefore, it is not possible for things to have degraded over the years in the same way. Because…
Arianna Di Stadio – Keeping Up the Spirit of COVID Research
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are “undiscovered” viruses that exist in mammals and birds and around of those viruses are infectious for humans. COVID-19 was one of the airborne viruses that existed in birds and infected human beings. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the virus originated in birds and was transferred to humans through an intermediate animal. As per the WHO team, the first case of COVID-19 was found in an office worker with no travel history in Wuhan, China, on 8 December 2019. The virus started spreading in the city and later across the globe as Wuhan was a highly connected city.
The origin and spread of the virus have been investigated by the WHO as well as independent researchers. Unaware and unfamiliar with the vi…
HEALTH-THAILAND: New Gov't Opposes Cheap Generic Drugs
Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK, Feb 20 2008 (IPS) – Shortly before he left office in January, Thailand s former public health minister, Mongkol Na Songkhla, offered a gift of hope to the country s poor. But that promise to supply cheaper, generic anti-cancer drugs -now hangs in the balance.
Mongkol s push to secure the generic drugs by issuing compulsory licenses (CLs) is being opposed his successor, Chiya Sasomsab, whose recent announcement to cancel a plan for affordable drugs to treat breast, lung, pancreatic and ovarian cancer has raised howls of protest from public health activists.
Some activists are even weighing the possibility of legal action against the new public health minister if he goes through with his plan. We have already begun discussing with lawyers a…
80 Percent of Adolescents Do Less than 60 Minutes of Activity per Day, UN Health Agency Warns
According to the study, the Philippines had the highest inactivity levels among boys, at 93 per cent, while in South Korea, researchers found that 97 per cent of girls failed to do enough exercise. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22 2019 (IPS) – An alarming lack of exercise among adolescents across the world risks seriously compromising their health into adulthood, the UN said on Thursday.
In the first study of i…