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 effectively Read More »

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Non-invasive scan to help understand brain tumors

Brain-tumorcropMIAMI: The new tool uses a non-invasive, light-based imaging technology to see inside the brain, and can be used to study how diseases like Alzheimer’s, dementia, and brain tumors change brain tissue.

The researchers used a new experimental approach called optical coherence tomography (OCT) to Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1NEW YORK: The eight hundred and ninety-eighth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

A nine-storey assisted-living facility for senior citizens is under construction in Fort Lauderdale on a waterfront site where Oakland Park Boulevard crosses the Intracoastal Waterway.

Construction is Read More »

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New investment model launched to deliver 1,000 affordable homes

newcropLOS ANGELES: A new investment vehicle has been launched that will provide up to 1,000 affordable homes for rent.

It has been created under a Local Affordable Rented Housing Trust.

The funding has come via… Read More »

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