Hospital to partner with property developer on senior housing project

PHILADELPHIA: Pennrose Properties is to partner with Sacred Heart to build Sacred Heart Residences which will feature 61 affordable housing apartments for seniors ages 62 and older and 6,000 square feet of commercial space for affiliated medical uses.

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Boomer marketing needs to be adopted by retirement community developers

CHICAGO: The boomer market is totally different to the veteran audience. Boomers think as independents, act as one man bands, believe they are unique, don’t believe healthcare applies to them and they all think they are still 31.

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New research on ‘super seniors’ to probe whether cancer protection genes exist

AUSTIN: The Cancer Society has commissioned geneticists to assess the genes of some of the country’s healthiest people.

The research subjects have all reached at least the age of 85 without developing cancer, heart disease, major lung ailments, stroke, diabetes or dementia. Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The hundred and thirty-first entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

The $31-million Glendale Arts Colony is tailored for the families of working artists and was built in tandem with a $5.5-million YMCA of Glendale makeover. Read More »

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