Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

A rendering of Philhaven, a 50-unit supportive housing development set to open next year in Wheeling, is available below (see picture).

Philhaven will offer housing to residents Read More »

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Seniors apartment hotel set to be rolled out

BOSTON: A for-profit provider is nurturing the emergence of the apartment hotel concept.

More than 130 rooms will be incorporated into the new ‘aparthotel’.

The initial proposals planned for an ex-school site were rejected little more than a year ago as planners sought to preserve Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

CHICAGO: Retirement community 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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New approaches to finding treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

NEW YORK: The study involved 1,260 persons over 60 years of age who had a slightly elevated risk for memory disorders. One group of the study participants was given conventional lifestyle counselling, while the other received counselling related to nutrition and exercise, as well as Read More »

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