Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The five hundred and fifty-first entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Construction on Serenbe’s third village, called Mado, began this summer. As the two previous Serenbe villages were pilots for then-new ideas about sustainability, land use, and intentional community, Read More »

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Yuma Tribe partners with private firm to build new Alzheimer’s center

yuma-tribe-150x150YUMA: In Yuma, a Native American tribe has partnered with a private group to try something different—a self-contained “dementia village.”

A 199 thousand square-foot building sits abandoned and empty in the middle of the city. Read More »

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Aged care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeSAN FRANCISCO: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 counter Read More »

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First brain scans available from worlds largest imaging study

biobankimaging-150x150NEW YORK: UK Biobank is obtaining a rich set of brain scans from thousands of participants, showing many different aspects of the brain’s structure, connections and activities.

Five thousand brain scans from the UK Biobank imaging project are now available for use by the research community. Read More »

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