Senior Living

View of Rainbow Bridge over Lake Natoma in Folsom, California.

Proposed Senior Community Wants to Use Tech to Keep Aging Residents Healthy

A proposal from a California investor and the University of California, Davis envisions a seniors-oriented community complete with healthcare facilities and other ways to support older residents.

January 3, 2024 - KCRA

Senior Pedestrians

Insights From the Latest Livability Index

The latest edition of the AARP Livability Index reveals the U.S. regions with more of the kinds of neighborhoods that offer quality of life benefits for residents of all ages.

December 9, 2020 - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

Quarantine

Nursing Homes With Black and Latino Residents Have Much Worse Covid-19 Rates

Age segregation has contributed to the tragic outbreaks of Covid-19 in nursing homes all over the country, but racial data adds another layer of tragic consequences of the pandemic.

May 26, 2020 - The New York Times

Quarantine

Pandemic and the Ills of Age Segregation

Older generations have increasingly segregated over the past century-plus of U.S. history, and the pandemic is only one more example of why that's a problem for young and old.

April 26, 2020 - Bloomberg Opinion

Senior Housing

Housing Inequality More Apparent in Older Populations

A new report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University digs into the housing market for older Americans, finding more evidence of a widening gap between each end of the wealth spectrum.

October 17, 2019 - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

Elderly

Middle-Class Seniors Losing Access to Housing and Healthcare

In the next decade, the number of middle-income seniors who can't afford assisted living will nearly double.

April 29, 2019 - The Boston Globe

Paradise

Aging in Place in Margaritaville

A Jimmy Buffet-branded 55-plus community in Daytona, Florida is wildly popular. The New York Times Magazine gained early access and ponders its deeper significance.

December 9, 2018 - The New York Times Magazine

An Argument for the Benefits of Form-Based Codes to Aging Populations

An interview with Joel Russell, executive director of the Form-Based Codes Institute.

February 19, 2015 - AARP

How the Twin Cities Transports its Aging Population

Dave Beal provides thorough coverage of the demographic and geographic challenges facing transportation for the aging in the Twin Cities region, where the need for such services is increasing as the population ages.

August 12, 2014 - MinnPost

Serving the Needs of Seniors: Solutions in Practice

We've long focused on the *what* when providing housing for seniors. Today Hazel Borys reminds us that the *where* is equally critical, if not more so.

March 12, 2013 - PlaceShakers

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