Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: 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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Sharp rise in volunteers for dementia research

dementia volunteer riseCHICAGO: Numbers of people volunteering to take part in research studies into dementia have risen sharply in the past year.

New figures from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) showed there were almost 22,000 people who took part in this area of research into Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

CBRE’s Manchester specialist markets team has sold a 1.2-acre care development site in Lytham St Annes to Octopus Healthcare.

The site has been acquired subject to planning Read More »

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Are retirement community developers kidding themselves?

retirementDALLAS: In a performance report, a property CEO said the economy grew by 5.6 percent for the second quarter, an improvement from the previous quarter and indicative of the expanse of the country’s resiliency from the prevailing weakness of the global economy.

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