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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3 in 4 nursing home prescriptions are wrong

75cropHOUSTON: Up to 75% of antibiotics prescriptions given to nursing home residents are unnecessary or incorrectly prescribed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims.

A new report cites CDC statistics indicating a majority of nursing home residents receive one or more courses of antibiotics Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

In response to the drastic urban changes occurring in East London, Intimate Infrastructures proposes an alternative to more dominant forms of volume house-building and provides solutions for Read More »

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Man says he was fired from job at Catholic assisted living home for being gay

rainbow-2-cropPHOENIX: A man said the bishop of a local Catholic diocese forced his removal from the top job at a diocese-owned assisted living home because he’s gay and married to his partner of 30 years.

He has filed a discrimination claim against the Catholic Diocese. Read More »

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