Last week, the King County Housing Authority completed the Nia Apartments, its first new public housing for seniors and disabled residents in 26 years. One week later, it is fully leased. The new 82-unit, four-story apartment complex, which is located in the Greenbridge community in White Center, offers residents spacious, light-filled apartments with well-appointed kitchens. […]
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Companies to co-develop and distribute telecare and remote monitoring offerings GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced today that it has entered into a distribution and technology collaboration agreement with Living Independently Group, Inc. a leading provider of telecare and passive monitoring systems used to assist in the care of seniors. GE […]
AARP released a study recently that debunks the myth that older homeowners are not vulnerable to the mortgage and credit crisis. The study showed that older homeowners of subprime first mortgages are 17 times more likely to be in foreclosure than those in prime loans. The new research by New research by the AARP Public […]
Fitch Ratings has assigned a ‘BBB’ rating to the expected issuance of $42.2 million Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority healthcare facilities revenue bonds series 2008 A&B (Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc. [MHKY]). Rating Outlook is Stable. MHKY was established by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Free and Accepted Masons in 1867 to provide a home […]
In a similar chord (pun intended) to the Country Music Association launching a retirement center, the stars of television attended a fund-raiser Sunday night to raise money and support for the Motion Picture & Television Fund. The event raised almost $1.5 million for the fund that provides relief for those in the film industry who […]
Nationwide Senior Care Company Provides FREE Assistance for Families Seeking Elder Care Guidance for Aging Loved Ones A Place for Mom, the nation’s largest senior care referral service, is available to seniors seeking relocation options in areas hit by Hurricane Ike. The path of Hurricane Ike ripped through twelve states leaving hundreds of thousands without […]
Football season is finally here and its still too early to pick winners but US News & World Report examined some of the best places for retired Americans to live to get them in-touch with their inner-arm chair quarterback. The article discusses a number of locales including the Carolinas, Arizona and Southern California. All of […]
Faulkner Design Group has completed the interior design and planning for the Village at Gleannloch Farms, a vibrant, continuing care retirement community at Spring Cypress Road and I-249 in northwest Houston, Texas, according to Adrienne Faulkner, president of Dallas-based Faulkner Design Group, one of the nation’s leading interior and architectural design firms. The Village at […]
AgeSong at Bayside Park, a 116,400 square-foot, 125-apartment community that will offer independent and assisted living apartments for senior adults breaks ground today in Emeryville, expanding AgeSong’s holistic approach to elder care in the East Bay. A five-story residence, AgeSong at Bayside Park sits on a corner site at 1440 40th Street (and Horton), within […]
LifeHouse Retirement Properties, Inc. (Pink Sheets:LHRP, the “Corporation” or “LifeHouse”) said today that on September 12, 2008, its Board of Directors authorized the sale of substantially all of its assets to a newly formed entity, LifeHouse Holdings, LLC (“Buyer”), an affiliate of Westport Capital Partners LLC. The directors have also recommended that LifeHouse’s shareholders approve […]
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