Senior Housing
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…
Beyond Bingo: Beating Depression in Senior Living with More Meaningful Social Activities
A recently published paper in the Journal of Aging Studies has called for a “social revolution in residential care” in order to combat the ongoing…
Q&A with Mather LifeWays Vice President of Senior Living
This 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…
CCRC Residents Who Volunteer Do Good for Themselves Too
As older adults enter senior living, they may find themselves no longer needing to perform meaningful activities that perhaps once gave them feelings of usefulness,…
Why Some Social Spaces Draw a Crowd: A Scientific Look at Décor & Atmosphere in CCRCs
Moving to a senior living residence brings many changes for older adults, among the greatest of which is forming new and different social networks. As…
A Sexual Awakening for Caregiving Staff: How Workers in Residential Care Perceive LGBT Residents & What Needs to Change
Although the visibility and acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people has greatly increased within society, homophobia and discrimination of these groups continues…
When It Comes to Quality of Life in Independent Living, Friendships Matter
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller Friendship, and feeling connected to humanity, are…
What Makes a Home Feel Like a Home? The Intersection of Emotion & Architecture for Older Adults
Close your eyes and imagine your favorite room in your home. Now, imagine leaving that space and never being able to come back. This brief…
Factors in Care Satisfaction Scores—Is It Personal?
Maximizing the satisfaction of older adults is a primary concern of today’s care providers, and great efforts are taken to provide older adults with care…
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