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How cities can design for aging baby boomers

ATLANTA: Cities need to prepare for an older citizenry. A new report called “Aging in Cities,” from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a membership group of 30-plus countries that focuses on the global economy, notes:

In OECD countries, the population share of Read More »

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Dementia/memory care providers diverge on issue of best practice

BALTIMORE: Dementia care providers are deeply divided over care delivery methodologies.

Existing seniors housing providers are attempting to reinforce their hegemony in the sector by either ramping up development of stand-alone memory care models, expanding existing facilities or building new ones to add memory care Read More »

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Seniors continue to embrace tiny house movement

LAS VEGAS: It takes 18 footsteps to walk from one side of their house to the next, it cleans up top to bottom in 10 minutes, and the yearly utility bill is what others spend in a month.

What is it? At 200 square feet Read More »

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Trend to recraft old buildings for over 50s sector use

LOS ANGELES: There is a growing trend to reuse old buildings to target the over 50s demographic.

A grain silo has been re-engineered for over 50s apartments; warehouses have been recrafted as lofts and now a 103-year-old historic hotel is to become an arts hub Read More »

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