Department figures on population percentage needing care widely inaccurate

WASHINGTON D.C.: The claim by the US Department of Health and Human Services that nearly 70 percent of 65 year-olds will eventually need some form of long-term care is widely inaccurate and alarmist.

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Trend to build on ‘main street’ growing

MARTINEZ: The trend to integrating seniors housing into main street is growing.

The development of Berrellesa Palms Apartments at the corner of Berrellesa and Buckley streets in downtown Martinez was originally billed as housing for seniors with moderate- to Read More »

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‘Better Care’ pathways set to carve up skilled nursing market

MIAMI: The skilled nursing market is in trouble. Private polling shows bed use in a small decline, but the population number in its age catchment is up 11 percent. And now a plethora of program innovations threaten to exacerbate the decline.

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International competition to bolster affordable housing design for seniors

SEATTLE: An international design competition is being held to lift affordable housing design standards for seniors.

Sukkahville challenges entrants to re-imagine the Sukkah, a temporary structure built during the Jewish festival of Sukkot to commemorate the 40 years that Jews spent wandering the desert. Read More »

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