Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

A 92-unit development that’s home to some of the neediest seniors in Oakland, Calif., has earned the Excellence in Affordable Housing Design Award from the Department of Housing Read More »

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Shipping containers for seniors could provide emergency housing

shipping-contAUCKLAND: Shipping container company Royal Wolf is involved in confidential talks about housing homeless seniors in modified shipping containers.

Royal Wolf general manager Paul Creighton said the company’s temporary worker village in Christchurch would demonstrate the potential for purpose-built containers to be used for emergency Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeLOS ANGELES: 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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Exercising the brain does stave off dementia

brainNEW YORK: It’s long been said doing a daily crossword or Sudoku puzzle is key to keeping the brain active.

But whether exercising the white stuff can stave off dementia is more hotly contested.

Now scientists have discovered that the type of brain training program we Read More »

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