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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Music therapy to treat brain injury trialed in Japan

music notes-croppedLOS ANGELES: Listening to music and being bounced up and down has helped a young woman who was paralyzed regain consciousness and could be a new neurological treatment method.

At the Conscious Brain and Rhythms of Music conference, composer Ryo Noda spoke about the use of Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Floatopolis proposes new floating neighbourhoods in London; Waterhoods. Waterhoods are ecological neighbourhoods. Instead of “paving over” open water as was done with London’s lost rivers, they encourage Read More »

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Not-for-profit grants for estate-run businesses

gldcoinsBOSTON: A not-for-profit is to issue grants for local people on estates to set up their own social enterprise businesses.

The innovative new plan is aimed at developing economically vibrant and self-sustaining communities through the creation and development of social housing enterprises… Read More »

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