PHILADELPHIA: The rhythms of EcoVillage Ithaca echo those of any small upstate New York town. On a recent weekday morning, three home-schooled boys whiz by on bikes. A woman adds topsoil to raised beds of spinach and kale, rejoicing that the plants survived the winter. Read More »
Cohousing fosters shared values via shared quarters
Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets
WASHINGTON, D.C.: 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 »
Novel cognitive ‘stress test’ flags early MCI, amyloid load
PHOENIX: A novel cognitive “stress test” that measures recovery from semantic interference can detect preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and is sensitive to amyloid deposition, new research shows.
The test is “very sensitive to very early cognitive impairment in older adults. We could see a clear Read More »
Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award
NEW YORK: The two hundred and seventeenth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.
A chain-link fence surrounds the vacant lot at 420 Hawks Ave., located just off Hastings Street. On one side of the Strathcona property sits the Rice Block — Read More »