Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy NEW YORK: The four hundred and ninety-eighth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

The Billings skyline could be in for a major overhaul — the addition of the state’s tallest building — if a $120 million downtown development comes to fruition. Read More »

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Trend for younger retirees to buy into central city high-rise CCRCs

Judi-and-Dave-Proctor MIAMI: In major cities across the world, senior housing developers are targeting the younger senior market by offering condo-like services without a clinical feel.

In two years, Dave and Judi Proctor will move into a new high-rise building, just 10 minutes away from their current Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime DALLAS: 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 effectively Read More »

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New research sheds light on the role of proteins and how synapses work

research-header-left SAN FRANCISCO: Synapses are the power junctions that allow living creatures to function. Popularly associated with learning and memory, they play a more fundamental role in our existence by regulating everything from breathing, sleeping and waking and other bodily functions.

Loss of synapses and synapse function Read More »

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