Health bodies endorse green space for well-being

ebbsfleet PHOENIX: The NHS and Public Health England are backing the creation of new housing developments that use interventions such as quality green space to improve public health. The health bodies said quality environmental design will be a “core part” of the solution to obesity.

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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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Preventing Alzheimer’s in African Americans by strengthening the brain

african-dawn-slide MIAMI: A major effort is underway to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia for older African Americans.

Neuroscientist Mark Gluck of Rutgers University-Newark (RU-N) is leading a team that will use a five-year $1-million grant from the New Jersey Department Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Joy’s House, an Indianapolis not-for-profit adult day service, will host a Community Open House on March 14 to celebrate the grand opening of the organization’s second location, Joy’s Read More »

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