Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Monadnock Development has been chosen to build 208 units of affordable housing in a feng shui-oriented development in Flushing, Queens.

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Mayor to propose $250 million social housing bond

SAN FRANCISCO: The mayor is set to introduce a $250 million social housing bond. If adopted by voters it would be the largest housing bond in history.

The focus of the raising will be the construction of new low-income housing, the acquisition and rehab of Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

CHARLOTTE: 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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Dementia project underway in skilled nursing homes

DALLAS: A skilled nursing home provider has joined forces with a university on a project to look at the use of new technology as an aid to people living with dementia.

Residents have been taking part in new research into how using games like Solitaire Read More »

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