Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The four hundred and ninety-ninth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Work has started on a skilled nursing home in Pontcanna which will create 40 construction jobs.

The 73-bed development from 55Plus and Principality Commercial, the commercial arm Read More »

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Ex-skilled nursing home to be turned into ‘hot’ seniors hub

PORTLAND: A pair of veteran developers want to turn a historic skilled nursing home into one of the city’s hottest new places to live.

The pair have filed initial plans to build a 169-unit residential complex. The developers want to transform the ex-skilled nursing home Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

HOUSTON: 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 effectively Read More »

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Possible link between brain and immune system could contradict textbooks

NEW YORK: Decades upon decades of teaching could be thrown out of the window with a new discovery. A previously undiscovered layer of vessels, hiding just under the surface of the skull and comprising part of the brain’s covering, point to the potential link.

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