Local representatives to attend White House summit on elderly LGBT housing

WASHINGTON, D.C.: At least two local gay representatives will attend a White House summit on elderly LGBT housing.

The USA federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and SAGE will host the conference. Jennifer Ho, senior adviser for housing and services at HUD, said the Read More »

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Top ten seniors design innovations nominated by expert panelists

AUSTIN: A group of international senior housing designers has determined that ten trends are evolving in the over 50s housing sector. The group’s edicts, guidelines and advice is:

3. Open, flowing common spaces and enclosed rooms with flexible uses. Read More »

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Study seeking the facts about dementia-related wandering in residential aged care

BOSTON: People with dementia don’t wander into harms way as often as carers and family fear, with a new QUT study finding wandering out of bounds and into a person’s private space occurs only five percent of the time in residential aged care.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The Palmerston Hospital is in Northern Territory in Australia.

11 remote clinics also form part of the set-up, which is a partnership between Read More »

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