Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

After a process spanning almost two years, Tompkins County Legislators have finally named a preferred developer to the old library site.

Local firm Travis Hyde Companies, in Read More »

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USA REITs pushing up offshore care property asset prices to unsustainable levels

MIAMI: USA REIT competition is driving up property asset prices to unsustainable levels.

One recent deal in which a REIT funded the management buyout of an assisted living group, the price paid was double the valuation. The problem is the REITs themselves… Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

ATLANTA: 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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New noninvasive brain stimulator may help tamp down Parkinson’s symptoms at home

TUCSON: Parkinson’s disease patients whose symptoms such as tremor, muscle stiffness and slowed movement make it tough to hold an eating utensil steady have few options for relief outside of a hospital or clinic. Medication can help, but over time it tends to become less Read More »

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