Four people have been taken to hospital after being rescued by firefighters from a four-storey sheltered accommodation block ...

Background: Population ageing is a global challenge and understanding the dynamics of living arrangements in later life and their implications for the design of appropriate housing and long-term care ...

A sheltered accommodation facility for older people will close over financial pressures, its operator has confirmed. Abbeyfield, which runs Alexander House in Bootle near Millom, Cumbria, said it had ...

BASILDON Council is set to approve plans to “re-designate” two sheltered housing schemes for over-55s into accommodation for anyone who needs it, leaving current residents “scared and furious”. In a ...

A Government white paper has proposed incentivising the building of more sheltered accommodation to encourage the elderly to free up larger family homes. The policy, which is part of a wider raft of ...

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