Worldwide push to engineer new community care models

NEW YORK: The race is on to create viable new community care models that can profitably service the boomer generation.

A pioneering business model which targets multi-generational residential high-rises with a menu of services under the Concierge brand is due to launch next week. Read More »

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Healthy aging analysed in ground-breaking 35 year study

CHICAGO: In 1979, 2,500 men were asked to follow five simple rules – eat well, work out, drink less, keep their weight down and never smoke.

Nearly four decades on, just 25 pensioners have managed to stick to the plan. But they are all far Read More »

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Alzheimer’s study claims that costs will explode “wildly erroneous”

SAN FRANCISCO: A new study that claims that the financial burden created by dementia will grow in a straight line for the next 40 years is misleading, mischievous and almost certainly wrong.

Nothing in economics goes in a straight line for more than 10 minutes. Read More »

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Boomers and veteran generations shut down on spending

NEW YORK: The two wealthiest generations are shutting down on spending.

The silent generation/veterans (aged 70 to 100) were always frugal. Read More »

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