SAN DIEGO: Traumatic experiences can scar the mind in ways that are difficult to understand, let alone reverse. Memories of a distressing event can become consolidated in the brain within hours, and these memories can be the subject of frequent, intrusive flashbacks that cause considerable Read More »
Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award
NEW YORK: The five hundred and eighty-sixth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
Webster at Rye is expanding its Assisted Living Community. Construction of the new addition is well under way with an anticipated opening date of Spring 2016. The Read More »
Social housing more costly than apartments
NEW YORK: It could be much cheaper to buy homeless seniors their own apartment than provide social housing, based on the cost of recent “supportive housing” projects in the city, all being built to LEED Gold standards.
The cost of creating these latest units for Read More »
Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets
CHICAGO: 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 Read More »