New building with 104 social housing units approved

288-east-hastings-street-3 PHOENIX: A new residential development slated for the Downtown Eastside will consist of a major social housing component.

The City of Vancouver’s Development Permit Board green lighted 288 East Hastings Street, at the southwest corner of East Hastings Street and Gore Avenue, just beyond the 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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Research provides important new insights into beginning stages of aphasia

research WASHINGTON, D.C.: The recent ability to peer into the brain of living individuals with a rare type of language dementia, primary progressive aphasia (PPA), provides important new insights into the beginning stages of this disease — which results in language loss — when it is caused Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The Pointe Club Cabanas is the first active adult community in the Wilmington area. Hagood Homes has successfully ventured into this residential segment with Chapelwood, an intimate-retirement community Read More »

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