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Hospitality Industry Often Reluctant to Hire People with Disabilities

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[22/02/2012] People with disabilities trying to find employment in the United States hospitality industry face employers who are often reluctant to hire them because of preconceived notions that they cannot do the job and that they are more costly to employ that people without disabilities, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire (UNH). Hospitality Industry Often Reluctant to Hire People with Disabilities - read more

Poor Neighbourhoods Suffer Higher Incidence of Arthritis

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[20/02/2012] An Australian study revealed more than 30 per cent of people living in socially disadvantaged areas reported having arthritis, as opposed to 18.5 per cent in the more affluent areas. Poor Neighbourhoods Suffer Higher Incidence of Arthritis - read more

Tackling Financial Exploitation of Elderly People

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[13/02/2012] Professionals who are in close contact with elderly people could soon be in a better position to spot if they are being financially exploited, for example through a lottery scam or by a deceitful relative draining the bank account, thanks to a new study funded by the UK Research Councils' New Dynamics of Ageing programme (NDA). Tackling Financial Exploitation of Elderly People - read more

Rights of People with Disabilities are Not Being Promoted

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[06/02/2012] Historic legal rulings did not protect the rights of persons with disabilities, while legal rulings concerned with race or gender provided much more protection of individual rights and freedoms according to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Queen's University. Rights of People with Disabilities are Not Being Promoted - read more

Death Rate Measure Used to Judge Hospital Quality May Be Misleading

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[04/01/2012] Hospitals, health insurers and patients often rely on patient death rates in hospitals to compare hospital quality. Now a new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine questions the accuracy of that widely used approach and supports measuring patient deaths over a period of 30 days from admission even after they have left the hospital. Death Rate Measure Used to Judge Hospital Quality May Be Misleading - read more