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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Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia related

lewyHOUSTON: Recent research has found that Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia and REM sleep behaviour disorder are all related. When we are asleep our body goes through different sleep phases, the deepest of which is known as rapid eye movement, or REM. During normal REM Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Sydney architecture firm Enter Projects has come up with an ingenious and stylish solution for housing the elderly. The Katoomba Adaptive Housing development is slated for a Read More »

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Co-working becomes co-living for seniors

Group of Multiethnic Busy People Working in an OfficeBOSTON: When Megan Lathrop walked through the door of the four-storey house that was to be her new home, she was quickly caught up in a discussion about a meditation class conducted by one of her 20 multigenerational housemates. It made her feel right at Read More »

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