Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Kingswood, a new $12.8 million retirement living scheme near Chester, built by Your Housing Group has been completed.

The scheme has 82 one and two bedroom apartments Read More »

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Safety obsession driving development of ‘seniors fortress’ enclaves

MILWAUKEE: Architects are in danger of re-creating a fortress mentality in their attempt to build better security into seniors housing compounds.

Whilst high perimeter walls and fences are being replaced by ‘secure’ landscape design large ponds, low garden walls with bench seating, and differences in Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

FORT WORTH: 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 Read More »

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Psychoactive substances ban will ‘end brain research’ experts warn

DALLAS: Drug researchers have warned that a bill to ban the sale of all psychoactive substances will be disastrous for brain research.

Ministers hope to shut down the emergence of new legal highs, which have been blamed for a number of deaths in recent years. Read More »

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