Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The five hundred and forty eighth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

The project broke ground in March 2015 with the aim of providing 70 units of affordable senior housing in a community that blends into the existing neighborhood Read More »

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RBH transforms Hare Hill Extra Care Scheme

hare-hill-extra-care150DALLAS: Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has partnered with Tunstall Healthcare to transform the way in which it cares for residents in its first purpose-built Extra Care facility in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

RBH, which is the UK’s first tenant and employee co-owned mutual housing society, wanted 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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More families say no to feeding tubes for advanced dementia

457704727_xs150DALLAS: Twenty years ago, using feeding tubes for those with severe advanced dementia was common. But since then, the number of nursing homes using that method has steadily declined, notes a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

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