Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The new owner of Tall Oaks Village Center, the Jefferson Apartment Group, is set to add 154 residential units on the site — a mix of townhomes, Read More »

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Ground-breaking app will help older people stay in their homes longer

HOUSTON: Ground-breaking technology for carers looking after elderly people in their own homes is being trialled.

The new app-based system provides information to carers and family members at the touch of a button.

It is hoped the software will enable more older people to stay 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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With this nano memory cell, scientists are one step closer to a bionic brain

LOS ANGELES: A groundbreaking electronic longterm memory cell could help researchers imitate and better understand the complexities of the human brain.

The nano memory cell — 10,000 times thinner than a human hair — mimics longterm human memory and the brain’s capacity for storing and Read More »

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