Senior Housing
TRENDING NOW: Empty Convents Converted into Housing for Older Adults
A number of projects are underway to convert underutilized convents around Chicago into housing for older adults. These buildings once offered living spaces for nuns,…
TRENDING NOW: Skilled Nursing Homes Striving for a Comeback
A recent McKnight’s column titled “The Evolution of Nursing Homes” examines the changing world of skilled nursing homes and how many are convinced that this…
Can’t Get No Satisfaction: How Do Respondents’ Personal Characteristics Impact Resident Satisfaction Ratings?
Resident and customer satisfaction surveys are an important way for aging services organizations to gauge how well they meet the needs and preferences of the…
TRENDING NOW: How Aging Baby Boomers, Diversity Are Changing Assisted Living
Recently, Bankrate published an online article titled Latest Trends in Assisted Living Facilities. The article examines how the senior living industry is changing to accommodate…
All by Myself: Life Plan Community Residents Experience Social Isolation
While 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…
TRENDING NOW: Senior Living Administrators Seek Solutions for Staffing Shortages
Recently Senior Housing News published an article that examines the continuation of staffing shortages within the senior housing community, and how administrators within the industry…
Stigma & Separation: Social Issues Surrounding Multiple Levels of Care in Senior Housing
Although Life Plan Communities and other multilevel senior living residences offer older adults the ability to age in place as care needs change, transitions from…
TRENDING NOW: Aging in Place with Access to Continuing Care
With the aging of thousands of baby boomers , the demand for new home- and community-based care models is increasing. An overwhelming number of older…
TRENDING NOW: Cohousing Developments Offer Unique Option for Aging in Place
Cohousing communities are taking off in British Columbia as a way to encourage positive aging. One recently completed community called Harbourside Cohousing is built on…
How Much Preventive Care Is Appropriate for Assisted Living Residents?
Residents in assisted living are less healthy than the general older adult population, and often share many characteristics of older adults in nursing homes. However,…
TRENDING NOW: Green Building Practices for Cost Savings
Senior living communities across the nation are turning to a variety of green initiatives to save millions of dollars. From changes such as using LED…
How Will Aging Baby Boomers Affect the US Housing Market?
In 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…
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