Study claims dementia hits women much harder

BOSTON: Women are bearing the brunt of the dementia epidemic claims a new report. Women are far more likely to end up as carers of sufferers than men – suffering physical and emotional stress and job losses in the process.

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Elder abuse now ritualized in slum clearances

NEW YORK: A landlord employed agents to frighten the elderly from their homes. A man in some kind of uniform was going up and down the four stories of a residential building, yelling that the tenants had 72 hours to get out.

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Proposition to turn empty office complex into care apartments

PORTLAND: A well-known charity is reviewing a plan to turn empty offices into care apartments.

The not-for-profit will use permitted development rights to instigate the project, which allow for redundant commercial properties to be converted to residential use without the need Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The forty-fourth entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

The Elephant and Castle regeneration project in London has been entered in the creation of public space category. Lend Lease is creating the largest new park in London for over Read More »

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