Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The three hundred and ninety-third entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Sandlaw Farming is building 400 homes which include 300 private rented, 75 affordable homes, 25 assisted living units and a health centre on land at Braehead, Auchattie. Read More »

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Government to assess feasibility of compulsory elderly monitoring alert system

DETROIT: The government will further study whether the Smart Elderly Monitoring and Alert System should be made compulsory in all housing in the future.

This is after 12 households completed a trial of the system. In a survey of participating households, all were supportive of Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

PORTLAND: 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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Electronics that mimic brain activity

CHICAGO: Researchers have built one of the world’s first electronic multi-state memory cell which mirrors the brain’s ability to simultaneously process and store multiple strands of information.

The development brings them closer to imitating key electronic aspects of the human brain–a vital step towards creating Read More »

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