HealthSouth buys home health operator

BIRMINGHAM, AL: Hospital operator HealthSouth Corp has bought the owner of Encompass Home Health and Hospice.

HealthSouth says it is looking for further acquisitions in the sector. Read More »

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Textbook series on seniors housing to be published

NEW YORK: A textbook on seniors housing is set to be published.

It will be a formal academic study text of all forms of independent living and semi-dependent/dependent care housing. Read More »

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Developers need to put more emphasis on creation of community

SAN FRANCISCO: Retirement community developers have to better balance projects by recalibrating the connection between housing and the creation of community.

The focus on housing has been enough to persuade a veteran as a client, but it will not be enough to score a payment Read More »

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Over 50s marketers fail to understand how some ‘language’ is insulting

LOS ANGELES: The advertising and marketing sector continues to use language and images which insult and alienate the audience they seek to persuade.

Actress Anne Reid detests lines such as “you’re amazing for your age”, and Judi Dench blanches when asked when she Read More »

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