Marshall begins work on new-age Edinburgh skilled nursing home

Exterior-View-1-from-north-Cramond150BOSTON: Marshall Construction has started work on a 74 bed skilled nursing home in Cramond, Edinburgh.

The site is being developed for Walker Healthcare by Marshall Construction, which won the £7.4 million contract by competitive tender via Glasgow chartered quantity surveyors & project managers Jones Associates… Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeLOS ANGELES: 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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Toxic Alzheimer’s protein spreads through brain via extracellular space

Special-Toxic-Wallpaper150x150CHICAGO: A toxic Alzheimer’s protein can spread through the brain–jumping from one neuron to another–via the extracellular space that surrounds the brain’s neurons, suggests new research from Columbia University Medical Centre.

The spread of the protein, called tau, may explain why only one area of Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The City Council Wednesday night is set to vote on a zoning request for conditional use for Fox River Run, a new apartment complex for those 55-and-older being Read More »

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