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Pandemic highlights need for alternatives to nursing homes.
— CBC News

JUNE 22, 2020

Canadians facing old age are looking for ways to safely stay in their own homes longer, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic uncovered the system failures in long-term care facilities.


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Prefabricated smart homes for seniors in rural Alberta communities — Kevin Fleming, CTV News

JUNE 20, 2020

CALGARY -- They’re called FABhomes and were designed by John Brown the Dean of Architecture at the University of Calgary. His idea has taken about four years to become reality and now the town of Bassano, Alta. will be the first to get them for its aging population.

“A FABhome is a bridge between an individual's home and the care home,” said Brown. “We’re extending through an assisted independent living the ability for them to remain in the community.”