Concept for seniors housing in small towns continues to evolve

dominion city sCHICAGO: A new 6,000-sq.-foot bungalow-style home under construction in Dominion City sounds like a very big house, but it’s being built to show how smaller homes for an aging population can be just the right fit for rural communities.

The scaled-up, multi-family house later this Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeNEW YORK: 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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Researchers create algorithm to predict dementia risk with routine data

researchLOS ANGELES: Researchers from University College London have developed an algorithm that uses medical data to predict a 5-year risk of dementia.

The algorithm assesses factors like age, sex, social interaction, smoking, body mass index, alcohol use, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, atrial fibrillation, aspirin use, and depression, Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Work has begun to prepare for the demolition of the building that stands on stilts at one of the busiest junctions in Stratford-upon-Avon town centre.

Warwick House, in the corner of Read More »

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