Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Designed by Danish studio AART architects and local firm Studio Ludo, the 19,500-square-metre Waterfront project is one of Europe’s largest wooden residential developments – fitting for a Read More »

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Living rooms vanish due to rising cost of rent warns housing chief

MIAMI: Thousands including many young professionals, are in flats and houses where the living room has been converted into a bedroom according to a housing not-for-profit.

He said high rents meant there was a “very strong temptation” for landlords to convert the living room into 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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Incident AF associated with cognitive decline independent of stroke

DETROIT: Incident atrial fibrillation is associated with cognitive decline independent of ischemic stroke, according to new data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study.

Previous research demonstrated a relationship between AF and cognitive decline, but those studies were mostly hospital-based, had limited follow-up and Read More »

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