Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeLOS ANGELES: 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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Getting blood pressure well below official guidelines saves lives claims study

blood vesselsDALLAS: Patients who reduce their blood pressure well below the recommended level can significantly cut their risk of heart disease and death, says a major study.

Doctors have long debated how low blood-pressure patients need to go, especially as they get older, so the US Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

An apartment that opens on to the sands at Main Beach and has been described as the pinnacle of beachfront living has been put on the Read More »

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Richard Rogers set to build Y:Cube homes for homeless seniors

ycube homesWASHINGTON, D.C.: Developed over the last few years in partnership with the YMCA, manufacturers SIG and project managers Aecom, this 36-unit “Y:Cube” project is the practice’s latest foray into off-site manufactured housing, a dream Richard Rogers has entertained since his “Zip-Up” concept house in the 1960s Read More »

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