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 Read More »

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Online brain training helps older adults with everyday tasks

_86466861_f0121391-human_brain,_illustration-splNEW YORK: Brain training – playing online games that give memory and reasoning skills a workout – is beneficial for older people, a large-scale study has concluded.

Researchers found the mental exercises kept minds sharp and helped people with everyday skills such as shopping and cooking. Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1NEW YORK: The one thousand and thirty-first entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Minneapolis is poised to commit more than $8.8 million this year from its affordable housing fund to build and preserve low-income housing throughout the city.

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Country Garden’s vision for multigenerational housing revealed

Country GardenGUANGZHOU: The headquarters of Chinese developer Country Garden in Guangzhou is surrounded by greenery.

Its entrance, a man made rainforest canopy, is unlike its towering counterparts in the steel-dominated industrial province of Guandong. Every window looks out onto a small garden of vines and plants… Read More »

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