Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeBOSTON: 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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Less active dementia patients face lower quality of life

fat LOS ANGELES: Dementia patients living in long-term care often have very low levels of activity, and this strongly contributes to a low quality of life, according to a new large-scale study.

The findings also show that family members and staff tend to be pessimistic regarding the Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Hong Kong’s first non-subsidised housing project for the elderly opens for lifelong rental today.

Targeting middle-class residents aged over 60, applicants are not subject to any asset limits or required to Read More »

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Families pool funds to create joint venture housing

families MIAMI: Mates and relatives who want to break into the property market are pooling money to buy and develop homes in trendy suburbs that they would otherwise be priced out of.

Property syndicates, aimed at commercial investors and the rich, have long existed.

But in Read More »

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