Grey Power investigates $2m housing units for older people

housing unitsBLENHEIM: A shared housing project dubbed ‘flatting for seniors’ has been mooted for land near Wairau Hospital in Blenheim.

Grey Power Marlborough is pushing for a $2 million Abbeyfield Trust development to be established in Blenheim, providing a communal living arrangement for older people.

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeDALLAS: 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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Parkinson’s connection to faulty mitochondria investigated

investigationBOSTON: Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have gleaned new insights into the cellular biochemistry that underpins Parkinson’s disease. The team hopes that these new clues will help design effective drugs in the future.

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a degenerative condition that Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The three hundred and seventy-sixth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

The Young Street Apartments Affordable Senior Housing officially opened Friday.

Avesta is a nonprofit affordable housing provider based in Portland. Totman said Avesta has 10 projects under way Read More »

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