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TRENDING NOW: How Aging Baby Boomers, Diversity Are Changing Assisted Living
, Senior HousingRecently, Bankrate published an online article titled Latest Trends in Assisted Living Facilities. The article examines how the senior living industry is changing to accommodate…
Read MoreAll by Myself: Life Plan Community Residents Experience Social Isolation
, Senior HousingWhile research on isolation in community-dwelling older adults (e.g., older adults still living in their own homes) is prevalent, less attention has been focused on…
Read MoreTRENDING NOW: Senior Living Administrators Seek Solutions for Staffing Shortages
, Senior HousingRecently Senior Housing News published an article that examines the continuation of staffing shortages within the senior housing community, and how administrators within the industry…
Read MoreStigma & Separation: Social Issues Surrounding Multiple Levels of Care in Senior Housing
, Senior HousingAlthough Life Plan Communities and other multilevel senior living residences offer older adults the ability to age in place as care needs change, transitions from…
Read MoreTRENDING NOW: Aging in Place with Access to Continuing Care
, Senior HousingWith the aging of thousands of baby boomers , the demand for new home- and community-based care models is increasing. An overwhelming number of older…
Read MoreTRENDING NOW: Cohousing Developments Offer Unique Option for Aging in Place
, Senior HousingCohousing communities are taking off in British Columbia as a way to encourage positive aging. One recently completed community called Harbourside Cohousing is built on…
Read MoreHow Much Preventive Care Is Appropriate for Assisted Living Residents?
, Senior HousingResidents in assisted living are less healthy than the general older adult population, and often share many characteristics of older adults in nursing homes. However,…
Read MoreTRENDING NOW: Green Building Practices for Cost Savings
, Senior HousingSenior living communities across the nation are turning to a variety of green initiatives to save millions of dollars. From changes such as using LED…
Read MoreHow Will Aging Baby Boomers Affect the US Housing Market?
, Senior HousingIn Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies’ recent report The State of the Nation’s Housing 2015, researchers identify a number of housing trends that are…
Read MoreBeyond Bingo: Beating Depression in Senior Living with More Meaningful Social Activities
, Senior HousingA recently published paper in the Journal of Aging Studies has called for a “social revolution in residential care” in order to combat the ongoing…
Read MoreQ&A with Mather LifeWays Vice President of Senior Living
, Senior HousingThis month, InvestigAge reached out to an expert in the field of senior living for a Q&A about his experiences and insights into the aging…
Read MoreCCRC Residents Who Volunteer Do Good for Themselves Too
, Senior HousingAs older adults enter senior living, they may find themselves no longer needing to perform meaningful activities that perhaps once gave them feelings of usefulness,…
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