Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Trinity Plaza features 49 affordable housing units and retail space at South Capitol and Atlantic Streets, Southwest, in Washington D.C.

Mission First Housing Group completed the construction. Read More »

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Rise in number of elderly one person households

JACKSONVILLE: Whilst the nuclear family is still the dominant family structure, the proportion of such families has dipped.

It fell to 49 per cent last year, from 56 per cent in 2000. Nuclear families refer to two-generation households of a couple living with parents or 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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Guidelines bring blood test for Alzheimer’s one step closer

PHILADELPHIA: A simple blood test developed to detect early Alzheimer’s disease is a step closer to being used to screen older adults.

Detailed standardized guidelines that are needed before a blood test could be used in practice have been published. The guidelines establish protocols and Read More »

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