Senior Living

North Carolina will soon be getting a new home for seniors.

As reported by the South Charlotte News, the Charlotte assisted living community, called the Brightmore of South Charlotte, will be 230,000 square feet on almost 18 acres, and will feature an array of senior housing options, ranging from assisted living, independent living, as well as skilled nursing units.

If your grandmother ever seemed to always have a smell about her, science has just discovered why.

As reported recently in the Los Angeles Times, an article in the scientific journal PLoS ONE discovered that as people age, their scents change, and that older people tend to develop a distinct smell. Every person has a specific scent or odor associated with them, but researchers found that the smells of older people was less intense than those of younger people.