Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Lower-income earners in Sydney who can’t afford to rent are resorting to sleeping in their vehicles because of a shortage of affordable housing, according to a non-for-profit leader. Read More »

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Manufactured home communities seen as viable retirement living option

mhabc-process-img-1150PHILADELPHIA: United States Census Bureau statistics released last year, indicate so called “Baby Boomers,” or those born between 1946 and 1964, number just over 75 million, with projected growth of the 65 plus set, within that generation estimated to be upwards of 87 million by Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeDALLAS: 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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Specific Brain Training Exercises Reduce Dementia Risk across 10 Years

alzheimers150BOSTON: The Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study found that older adults’ risk for dementia was reduced by 48 percent over 10 years when they completed 11 or more sessions of this brain-training technique.

Specifically, the risk of dementia was reduced Read More »

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