Not-for-profit to build 120 affordable homes for seniors

DENVER: A nonprofit has bought an eight-story office building with plans to build about 160 apartment units at the site.

The not-for-profit paid $3.2 million for the 35-year-old office building and the surrounding 2.75 acres. Early plans call for about 55 apartments in the current Read More »

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World watches how Japan manages its aging citizens

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Japanese companies from Hitachi and Toyota to Daiwa Securities are turning to digital medical records to tackle the dilemma of how to sustain one of the world’s most generous healthcare systems while trying to cope with a rapidly aging population.

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Defeating Alzheimer’s by 2025 could be within reach

BOSTON: Of the 10 leading causes of death, Alzheimer’s disease is the only one for which there is no effective treatment.

The trouble is that the scale of the research has never met the size of the problem. And those who have worked in this Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

John Wardle Architects’ Melbourne School of Design, in collaboration with Boston and New York-based NADAAA, will be a strong contender for this year’s awards.

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