Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime BOSTON: 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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Good lighting techniques can help dementia patients

Lighting+graphic PHILADELPHIA: It is well known that good lighting can help people to understand what surrounds them, use landmarks to navigate, identify signs and spaces, see others’ faces and participate in activities. The converse is that poor lighting can result in trips and falls – and Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Housing Trust Group (HTG), a real estate developer based in Coconut Grove, has closed on the financing of Valencia Grove, a $21 million, 144-unit affordable housing community targeting families in Eustis. Read More »

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Shipping containers have been converted into studio units

shipping-containers CHICAGO: Twenty shipping containers are to be turned into small living studios in an innovative bid to help seniors.

The units are being offered out to people who are not homeless, but will struggle to pay the high rent cost in the area.

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