Extended families starting to change home design

extended-scroll-150x150SYDNEY: While more of us are choosing to live in single occupant dwellings, there has been a corresponding increase in multi-generational homes.

In Sydney one in four people lives in such a home, while for the rest of Australia it’s one in five. Compare that 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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Hearing aids may ward off dementia claims columbia study

InsideHA(white) (1)COLUMBIA: In a study of 100 seniors ages 80 to 99, Columbia University Medical Center researchers found that those wearing hearing aids performed better on standard cognition tests than those who did not. That was true even when the hearing-aid wearers had more acute hearing Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The two hundred and eighty-fourth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

A joint venture between CR Properties and Cardinal Ventures has broken ground on The Blake at The Grove, a 213-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community Read More »

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