ActiveCare Inc. last week announced the availability of its new ActiveOne PAL (Personal Assistance Link) handset. The handset, also a cellular telephone, has one-button service where, when activated, a live operator greets each caller by name, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ActiveCare services range from GPS location and fall detection, by the [...]
Renaissance Gardens at Riderwood in Silver Spring, Maryland announced that it will unveil its enhanced living, larger apartments and neighborhood model at the end of June. Riderwood residents have expressed a preference for apartment style living and the community’s management responded with redesigned Renaissance Gardens apartment homes that offer one-bedroom and two-bedroom models, kitchenettes with [...]
Will a Consumer Protection Finance Agency provide greater protection for seniors that could be victims of fraud? Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are in conference to help reduce the odds of that happening this week. According to a recent survey, more than 7.3 million older Americans – one out of every five citizens over the age [...]
Gardens and outdoor spaces play an important part in senior living architecture and design but what happens when there is no room to create a garden in an urban setting? In Chicago, you head to the roof. Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley has been supporting Chicago’s ‘green’ movement for many years and the city prides itself [...]
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New York City Housing officials, SKA Marin and Local Development of Crown Heights recently celebrated the grand opening of Crown Heights Apartments, an eight-story affordable housing development in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The complex offers 143 affordable rental units for low-income seniors and was constructed through HDC’s Low Income Affordable Market Place Program (“LAMP”). Crown Heights [...]
Are seniors opening their pocket books more this year? According to a recent Gallup poll, seniors in the 65+ category increased their average daily spending from $44 dollars to per day in 2009 to $64 dollars per day in 2010. That’s a big jump when compared to the 50-64 demographic that increased its spending in [...]
A new comprehensive booklet was recently released by the National Institute of Health (NIH) that talks about caring for someone with Alzheimer’s. The 146 page guide addresses a wide range of issues such as wandering, medical conditions and financial concerns as well as tips on designing or remodeling a home for someone with Alzheimers. The [...]
Enterprise Homes, a housing developer in the mid-Atlantic, recently held a topping off ceremony for the Greens at Libertry Road senior housing project. The $15.6 million project will have 105 green, affordable apartments for seniors in Northwest Baltimore County. The four-story building will have 81 one-bedroom and 24 two-bedroom apartments and 12 units will have [...]
