Over 50s housing architects still fixated on primacy of car

cars DALLAS: Over 50s housing architects and designers remain fixated by the automobile. The latest designs proposed by CCRC, assisted living and affordable housing architects reprise the same layouts of 20 years ago. (See pictures).

Placemaking, gardens, trees and a sense of wellbeing are abandoned to Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime LOS 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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Could new treatment stop Alzheimer’s disease before it starts?

brain-animation-blue-background MIAMI: What if doctors could detect and treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease 10 or even 20 years before a patient’s memory problems begin?

That is the auspicious goal of the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s study, or the A4 study for short. The three-year clinical Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy NEW YORK: The two hundred and seventy-fifth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

A $30 million aged care facility with a ‘hotel style’ approach will officially open in Melville on May 27.

Launched by Governor of Western Australia Kerry Sanderson, Braemar Read More »

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