Radical elderly people’s housing with an anti-loneliness mission at its heart

o-ALMSHOUSE-570NEW YORK: Innovative housing plans aim to combat loneliness amongst elderly people by placing them on a busy street where they will share space with neighbours, school children and other groups.

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeLOS ANGELES: 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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Immunotherapy research leads to ‘triple play’ for Sanders-Brown researcher

3 threeBOSTON: In the late 1990s, Donna Wilcock was exploring electrical activity in the epileptic brain as part of her undergraduate study in England, but her focus took an interesting turn as her studies into brain function deepened.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1NEW YORK: The seventieth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

The Medfield Zoning Board of Appeals held a public hearing on a proposal to build an assisted living complex behind the historic Peak House and Clark Tavern on Route 109.

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