High-tech backyard ‘nursing home for one’ developed

Granny-Flat-Finder-Space CHICAGO: Move over, Mother-In-Law suites — there’s a new backyard dwelling for the family matriarch. “Granny Pods” are the latest in multi-generational living, and some say these backyard tiny homes are an ideal solution for caregivers.

Granny Pods — also known as the MEDCottage — Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime BOSTON: 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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Lifestyle and luck both factors in a long, healthy life

canstock18127435 LOS ANGELES: More people may be living to 100 and beyond than ever before, but the real challenge is how to become one of them yourself, and how to care for an aging population.

Dr. Noel H. Ballentine, director of geriatric health in the Division of Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Developers are underway with two Orlando-area projects aimed at seniors: a community with 158 units near Casselberry and another with a 16-story tower at Crane’s Roost in Altamonte Read More »

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