Skilled nursing homes trapped by trying to serve two masters

LOS ANGELES: Skilled nursing homes may not be able to shuck their focus on clinical outcomes as they chase the quality of life ‘experience’ deemed necessary to extending their business shelf life by attracting baby boomers.

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Tweaked version of green house concept being tested

SEATTLE: The small homes cluster employs similar characteristics to the green house model, in that they both provide smaller, more intimate abodes for about 10 to 12 individuals in a cottage like building, but unlike the green house model it doesn’t focus on nursing care. Read More »

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Poll identifies preferred housing form for over 75 demographic

NEW YORK: An emerging trend in a real estate report identifies downtown continuous care retirement communities (CCRC) as the preferred living option for the over 75 quartile.

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Skilled nursing home to be turned into new business hub for small firms and local entrepreneurs

SAN FRANCISCO: A skilled nursing home that is about to close is to be recycled into the headquarters for a proposed community trust.

It will have the potential to house 24 business units and 5 incubator business hubs, paving the way for Read More »

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