Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The Zoning Board of Appeals has approved a 60-unit elderly affordable housing project on Maple Street, but the project must still work its way through an appeals Read More »

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Employee-owned models of delivering social care have grown 50% since 2010 says report

OKLAHOMA CITY: Co-operative companies in health and social care have grown by 50% in the past five years, a report has shown.

The state of the co-operative economy shows that co-operative health and social care firms have grown by a half in the past five Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

PORTLAND: 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 to Read More »

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Low awareness over dementia risks

BALTIMORE: The majority of people say they know someone who has dementia, but general awareness about prevention is still relatively low, a new report has revealed.

Attitudes to people living with dementia are largely positive, with a high percentage of people saying that it should Read More »

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