Multigenerational housing concept designed to foster community

8-house SAN FRANCISCO: Danish architect Bjarke Ingels claims his Copenhagen housing development has accomplished the social mission Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson set out to achieve with their “streets in sky” concept in the 1960s and 1970s.

Named 8 House because of its angular figure-of-eight plan, 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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Late-stage dementia patients failed by skilled nursing homes

failure MIAMI: The needs of people with late stage dementia are not being met, new research* has found.

The findings, funded by Marie Curie and carried out by the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department at University College London, is based on in-depth interviews with a Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Nine Wicket Senior Developers of Altamonte LLC announced it’s building a two-tower, 300-unit apartment complex at 200 Cranes Roost Drive in Uptown Altamonte. It will be called The Read More »

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