Seniors housing interloper detects need for more intimate apartments

809774-michael-yatesNEW YORK: A developer is focusing on projects with fewer apartments, saying the core market of downsizers want “more intimate” developments.

The developer, whose business has built projects with as many as 170 apartments, said he wouldn’t build such large blocks again, because the market had Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: 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 discover the key to halting Alzheimer’s

brain inflammationLOS ANGELES: Curbing brain inflammation may help people treat and prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to a landmark new study. Researchers at the University of Southampton in England conducted a series of experiments showing a chemical that reduces neuro-inflammation may have the potential to protect against the Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The Wesleyan at Estrella senior living centre expansion is expected to be completed this summer. The centre is adding 117 independent-living apartments, six cottage duplex units and 24 assisted-living units as Read More »

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