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Regeneration housing policies are increasingly meaning elderly cleansing

LOS ANGELES: Regeneration in the past meant new kitchens, bathrooms, windows and an elevator that worked.

And if you said that, actually, you wanted to knock the whole lot down and rebuild it, but that elderly residents could live somewhere else for a while before Read More »

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Not-for-profit seeking funds to build village style housing for disabled

LOS ANGELES: A nonprofit organization serving people with developmental disabilities has launched a fundraiser to pay for village-style housing.

The not-for-profit is considering the purchase of a 12.4-acre plot on which to build the housing complex.

The nonprofit needs to raise $75,000 to provide a Read More »

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Harvesting energy, time and commitment of boomers to maintain community standards

NEW YORK: A pair of amateur historians has embarked on a mission to restore and record thousands of abandoned graves in Australia’s outback.

Alex Aitken and Trevor Tough are travelling through the remote Kimberley, tracking down long-forgotten burial sites.

“We’re recording the stories of all Read More »

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Columnists, commentators, demographers, pundits and prognosticators get it wrong with straight line growth theory

NEW YORK: Social commentators, newspaper columnists, demographers and prognosticators continue to view seniors housing and care needs as ‘straight line’ demand theory.

But nothing in life goes in a straight line for very long.

The boomer market is in constant flux. But one single factor Read More »

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