Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The five hundred and forty-second entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Proponents of downtown development in Berkeley won two victories Thursday night after city leaders and commissioners approved a proposal for community benefits related to tall buildings and, Read More »

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How technology will revolutionize long-term care

CHICAGO: Henry went viral. Over 1.7 million viewers and counting have witnessed this wheelchair-bound skilled nursing home resident being provided with his favorite music piped into headphones from an iPod.

This clip, from Alive Inside, a movie about the Memory and Music project that brings Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

LOS ANGELES: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing Read More »

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Five ways housing professionals can help older people stay independent

NEW YORK: All of us want to stay in our own homes as long as we can as we get older. It’s good for us and it saves on the cost of residential care.

But how can we create homes that enable people to live Read More »

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