Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: Retirement communities and rest 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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Doctor develops new dementia test for laymen

laymen dementiaWASHINGTON, D.C.: Dr. James E. Galvin’s 3- to 5-minute Quick Dementia Rating System screening tool supplants a process that takes clinicians four to five hours to administer and score. The new 10-item questionnaire can be administered by a caregiver, friend or family member. Galvin sees it Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

A local developer is proposing turning the former Mountain View assisted-living facility at 164 Hanson Ridge Road into a 16-unit multigenerational apartment building.

7E Properties, which Read More »

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Developer hopes to turn historic hotel into senior housing

macomb developerPHILADELPHIA: A developer hopes to turn an historic hotel into senior housing.

He and two others are asking the city for money to support the scheme.

The developer has secured private financing for the rest of the project, but there’s a gap that has to Read More »

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