Aged care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: 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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Steps to create a Dementia-inclusive society

steps150PHOENIX: By 2020 the UK Government wishes to see over half of people living in areas that have been recognised as Dementia Friendly Communities. But what exactly does a dementia-inclusive society look like?

Bupa has set a vision of what steps we believe need to Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The project is the Brooklyn kickoff to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s NextGeneration plan to sell off NYCHA property to pay for additional services to the cash-strapped agency. It Read More »

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Relocatable apartments in first phase of $75m housing project

1475471949397-1150WASHINGTON, D.C.: An Artist’s impression of modular, movable two-bedroom CitiBlox units being built by the Wellington Company on Porirua City Council-owned land over the coming months.

They could be the solution to the housing crisis – small, prefabricated apartment units that can be bolted together in Read More »

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