Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The five hundred and twenty first entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Mactaggart & Mickel (Homes) and Robert Adam & Son are to develop 600-650 multigenerational homes in Edinburgh.

Anthony Aitken, head of planning at property firm Colliers Read More »

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Major skilled nursing home brand to cede management control to independent provider

CHARLOTTE: A major skilled nursing home brand is in secret talks with an independent provider about ceding management control.

The skilled nursing home board is concerned about a number of adverse reports about management standards and is of the view it has lost control. The Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Retirement communities and rest 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 to Read More »

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Ways to improve your odds against cognitive decline

NEW YORK: Alzheimer’s disease can’t be prevented, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways you can improve your odds against cognitive decline or dementia.

Seniors Housing has compiled a list of risk factors and ways you can keep your brain healthy.

1. Risk factor: Diabetes Read More »

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