Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimePHILADELPHIA: 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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Pod casts music to the ears of dementia sufferers

podcastLOS ANGELES: Most days, New York social worker Dan Cohen gets to watch an awakening.

A pair of headphones is placed over the ears of a withdrawn and barely communicative Alzheimer’s patient, and a button is pushed.

Immediately, the patient’s eyes spring wide, a child-like grin Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Anmer Lodge, a derelict site in Stanmore which has long been identified for regeneration by Harrow Council will soon welcome new multigenerational homes, a retail unit and Read More »

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Cohousing expert to discuss intentional communities

Belterra Rendering Revised2PHOENIX: Baby boombers are looking for ways to do retirement and aging differently from their parents, and cohousing is one such avenue. Cohousing is an intentional community designed to bring back and expand upon the close knit neighbourhoods of the past.

Both architects, McCamant, along Read More »

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