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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Why diabetes ‘raises risk of getting dementia by 60%’

diabetesPHILADELPHIA: Patients who suffer from Type 2 diabetes have a 60 per cent higher chance of developing dementia, according to a study.

The study author said diabetics can cut their chances of dementia by giving up smoking and drinking, exercising more and eating healthily.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

An old public housing project has been transformed into an ambitious $63 million affordable housing development in Yonkers, N.Y.

Schoolhouse Terrace is the first phase of a planned six-phase redevelopment of Read More »

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Integrated housing project to include LGBT seniors

alchemyMIAMI: A sprawling new housing development surrounded by Buchanan, Waller, Haight, and Laguna Streets is about to start renting, and it just debuted floor plans. The former UC Berkeley Extension campus, now known as Alchemy by Alta, will eventually hold hundreds of new apartments, including Read More »

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