Creating spaces for thriving: Designing the active adult environment
By
Darla Esnard
Ryan Miyahira
May 20, 2024
As more individuals seek communities that offer both comfort and enrichment, the concept of active adult living will only continue to gain further momentum.
What baby boomers seek from active adult housing
By
Lynne Moore
Aug 21, 2023
Baby boomers have become a highly studied demographic over the past few years, and it is clear that their preferences are different than those of previous generations.
CCRC residents ‘significantly safer’ from COVID deaths than older adults not living in congregate...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2023
SAN DIEGO—Residents of continuing care retirement communities were “significantly safer” from dying from COVID-19 than were older adults living in noncongregate residential settings in the greater...
Senior living trends, challenges to watch in 2023
By
Lynne Moore
Dec 05, 2022
Things are improving, but in 2023, issues still will need to be addressed.
Residents’ chronic conditions could push operators to integrate care, housing: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — US senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care...
What is active adult? NIC comes up with definition
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 09, 2022
With varying existing perceptions of what the growing “active adult” property type is, the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care on Thursday released a definition in an effort to unify...
How urban design can fulfill senior living needs for baby boomers
By
David Banta
Aug 22, 2022
The design of today’s urban senior housing developments is being molded by several characteristics that are unique to this age cohort.
Aging-in-place challenges in active adult communities
By
Lynne Moore
Aug 01, 2022
Q. Will active adult living experience the aging-in-place challenges experienced by other living arrangements in the senior living and care continuum?