Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Covenant Place will feature universal design, which means that apartments and amenities can be used by a continuum of people of any age, including elderly residents with disabilities Read More »

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Ventas completes acquisition of HCT

NEW YORK: Ventas, Inc. and American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust have completed the previously announced acquisition of HCT.

The completion was announced by Ventas Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Debra A. Cafaro. Read More »

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New business opportunity opens for skilled nursing home operators

NEW YORK: 5 per cent of the population are aging parents looking after disabled adult children.

Every night these parents go to bed with angst in their collective hearts about how their children will be cared for after they die. Read More »

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Bizarre social policy change being attempted

SAN FRANCISCO: A form of age-apartheid is currently being attempted by a UK council.

Wandsworth Council has announced its radical new housing strategy which proposes moving elderly people to the seaside to free up council housing in the borough. Read More »

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