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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Art show by people with dementia made for research project

CHICAGO: Art produced by people with dementia – as part of a research project into whether art can improve their well-being – is being exhibited.

Bangor University’s dementia centre is leading the research, which is being run across three sites in Wales and England.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Rural communities will be allowed to build homes for local residents after the government announced the first Rural Productivity Plan.

The scheme will change planning rules and Read More »

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Oxygen dependent elderly woman to be evicted

bubblesBOSTON: A woman who is oxygen dependent has been given a 90 day eviction notice.

The woman has lived in her home for over 40 years and does not want to move. Her home is under Creating Communities, a group of private development companies headed Read More »

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