Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeCHICAGO: 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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Revolutionary stem cell therapy trial for Parkinson’s disease

adult-stem-cell-cloning-670-1BOSTON: Australia has been chosen to host a world-first trial of revolutionary stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease.

The trial, by the Californian-based International Stem Cell Corporation, will be held at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

If first phase is successful, larger trials will start in Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1 NEW YORK: The thirty-first entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

A $65 million Red Hook nursing home project more than a decade in the making moved one step closer to becoming a reality this week, earning a stamp of approval from Read More »

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Community HousingWorks to build LGBT seniors housing community

lgbt_lifeNEW YORK: Nonprofit affordable real estate developer Community HousingWorks has announced plans to build a $27 million, unnamed seniors housing community that would welcome LGBT seniors.

The 76-unit, affordable independent living community will be open to all seniors, but is intended to create a welcoming community Read More »

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