Housing for quadriplegics and seniors to be built

quadraDALLAS: A 44-unit housing development will provide new independent-living opportunities for seniors as well as residents who are quadriplegics in Gresham, Ore.

Station 162 is believed to be the nation’s first development to combine housing for the two populations, according to the developer and service Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime HOUSTON: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

699: A woman who left her elderly parents heartbroken after stealing their life savings to pay for a life of luxury has been spared jail after Read More »

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Report claims dementia risk falling

chart WASHINGTON, D.C.: Amid gloomy reports of an impending epidemic of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, emerging research offers a promising twist. Recent studies in North America, the U.K. and Europe suggest that dementia risk among seniors in some high-income countries has dropped steadily over the past 25 Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1 NEW YORK: The ninety second entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Crews have begun turning an historic, 110-year-old former knitting mill in Syracuse’s Westside neighborhood into seniors loft apartments.

Workers from Rich & Gardner Construction Co. are performing interior demolition work Read More »

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