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All 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,…
Read MoreWhy Some Social Spaces Draw a Crowd: A Scientific Look at Décor & Atmosphere in CCRCs
, Senior HousingMoving to a senior living residence brings many changes for older adults, among the greatest of which is forming new and different social networks. As…
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