Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The five hundred and forty-seventh entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Plans have been submitted for a new village on the outskirts of Perth which would include 3000 new homes and cost $1.6 billion to build.

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Assisted living business model at the end of its shelf life

DALLAS: The father of the assisted living concept, who pioneered a major specialised roll out of his dream over the past 30 years, has admitted privately to friends and confidants that the era is fast coming to a close.

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

SAN DIEGO: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

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Hope for Alzheimer’s treatment as researchers find licensed drugs halt brain degeneration

SAN ANTONIO: Two licensed drugs have been shown to halt brain degeneration in mice, raising the prospect of a rapid acceleration in the search for a medicine to beat Alzheimer’s disease.

The results have been hailed as “hugely promising” because they involve medicines that are Read More »

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