Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

This is how the site of an ugly disused 1960s tower block could look inside three years.

There are proposals to pull down Quantock House, which previously housed Read More »

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RV resorts being repositioned as entertainment megaplexes

rvMESA: Sitting under a shaded area next at Apache Palms RV Park in Tempe, Doug Schnorbus taps away on his laptop, two cellphones lying nearby on the folding table.

Wearing brown shorts, a North Face T-shirt and flip-flops, he’s dressed for the triple-digit weather in Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeBOSTON: 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 hints at pattern of Alzheimer’s spread in the brain

researchNEW YORK: Scientists say that they have discovered a possible explanation for how Alzheimer’s disease spreads in the brain.

Alzheimer’s is linked to a buildup of protein plaques and tangles that spread across particular tissues in the brain as the disease progresses. But while the pattern Read More »

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