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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Playing golf can add five years to your life, according to researchers

new150BOSTON: People who play golf live longer, a major study has found, as it shows the game helps prevent 40 major chronic diseases such as diabetes, breast and colon cancer.

Researchers reviewed 5,000 studies into golf and wellbeing and found the sport has physical and Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

A proposed residential project in San Francisco’s South of Market wants to cut construction costs and pass along savings to tenants.

By building 200 “micro-units,” developer Panoramic Interests Read More »

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Centres different from old folks homes to spring up

datuk-dr-noor-hisham-abdullah150DALLAS: Aged care centres where the elderly can live among their peers are being considered as a measure to tackle Malaysia’s aging population that would reach 15% by 2030.

Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that in the past the elderly relied Read More »

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