Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

McCarthy and Stone has returned to Swindon for the first time in almost ten years, with the arrival of Blunsdon Court Retirement Living development for the over Read More »

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Retirement community ‘insider’ admits sector is not addressing sustainability

BOSTON: A retirement community “insider” has admitted that the bigger sustainability picture is still not being addressed by the developers and operators of communities.

The community operator is dumbing down projects to meet a pension income client.

Over 80 per cent of community dwellers are Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

MEMPHIS: 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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Researchers take big leap towards mapping human brain

PHILADELPHIA: The Allen Institute for Brain Science, which is backed by a $500 million fund from Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen, has launched a new database that has information about 240 neurons found in the brains of mice. It is a first-of-its-kind initiative to untangle the Read More »

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