Senior housing inventory worldwide starting to outpace absorption

outpace DALLAS: The average seniors housing properties occupancy rate for the second quarter of 2016 was 89.7 percent, down 0.3 percentage point from the first quarter. The occupancy rate is unchanged year-over-year and has averaged 89.7 the past three years.

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime BOSTON: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively Read More »

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Pre-stroke CV risk factors may indicate higher dementia risk

Risk1 DALLAS: According to new research, CVD risk factors such as high BP before a first stroke confer higher risk for subsequent stroke and dementia up to 5 years later.

“We already know that stroke patients have an increased risk of recurrent stroke and dementia. What Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy NEW YORK: The four hundred and forty-seventh entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Plans for affordable housing for seniors along Route 31 near downtown Elgin are expected to go before the city council next week.

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