Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

An architect’s plan to support the sale of land near Avondale Racecourse, earmarked for an affordable housing project.

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Chinese seniors looking to migrate

DENVER: Chinese seniors are using travel to review overseas retirement options. With UN data showing the number of mainlanders older than 65 projected to almost double to 210 million by 2030, the country’s retirement system would struggle to keep up, especially as the one-child policy Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

SEATTLE: 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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Dementia trial of ‘electro-doping’

BOSTON: “Electro-doping” is being tested to try to boost brain function and attention in people with memory problems.

The technique has had promising results in those with mental health disorders.

But, while success in using non-invasive brain stimulation to improve the memory and cognitive function Read More »

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