Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

A 75-unit affordable housing project has opened in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood after the non-profit developer spent about five years finding financing.

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Trend to build seniors housing near medical precincts

DALLAS: A not-for-profit housing provider and a home care agency are to partner on a project that will put elderly residents close to health care, senior activities and local businesses.

The project will include the retrofitting of part of an old hospital into seniors housing… 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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Acupuncture benefits Alzheimer disease patients

NEW YORK: Acupuncture improves drug effectiveness for the treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD). Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies and found that acupuncture plus the drug donepezil is more effective than using only donepezil as a standalone treatment. In a surprising finding, six Read More »

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