Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The three hundred and eleventh entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

A 64-multigenerational family home affordable housing development by Ohio-based Woda Group is entered in the Planning category (affordable).

Woda will seek “payments in lieu of taxes” from Read More »

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Outrageous court decision pings not-for-profit care provider

SAN FRANCISCO: A not-for-profit care provider has been ordered to pay an employee it dismissed for rorting the payroll system.

In an outrageous decision, the employment tribunal has decided to reward the employee who manipulated a position of trust for her own advantage… Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

COLUMBUS: 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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Trial to treat early-stage Alzheimer’s by reducing brain stress hormone levels

FORT WORTH: A new drug that could treat early-stage Alzheimer’s disease by reducing levels of the stress hormone in the brain is being trialled.

Patients with the most common form of dementia have been found to have elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol in Read More »

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