Close vote sees pilot project for village given go-ahead

papamoaPAPAMOA: Papamoa could become the testing ground for a pilot project to build an affordable housing village on land owned by the Tauranga City Council.

A knife-edge 6-5 vote yesterday saw the council agree that it could either lead or provide the land for the Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime DALLAS: 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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Scientists pinpoint exact area of brain where disease begins

pinpointHOUSTON: Alzheimer’s ‘ground zero’ – the site in the brain where the disease first strikes – has been discovered, it was announced today.

Researchers say a critical but vulnerable region in the brain, the locus coeruleus, is subject to damage decades before dementia patients start Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Meta Housing Corp. has broken ground on the Downtown Hayward Senior Apartments, a 60-unit affordable seniors housing development in Hayward, 15 miles south-east of Oakland.

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