In case you missed it, here are the top five stories grabbing Senior Housing News readers this week: 1. AARP Ranks Best Retirement Cities for 2013—AARP released its annual list of best cities for retirement, with this year’s selections based on affordable costs of living for retirees. 2. Senior Living Growth Potential Lies Outside Community […]
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While demographics of an aging population present favorable growth opportunity for the senior living industry, demographics alone will not be enough for providers to boost senior housing’s value proposition to future consumers, senior living experts say. The age 65 and older population is growing rapidly. In 2010, these older Americans comprised 13% of the U.S. […]
Boomers across the nation are facing a harsh reality of declining home value, rising debt, and depleted savings as they approach retirement age with little time remaining to recoup their losses, and the senior housing industry might not want to consider this generation to be their big break, according to a healthcare consultant during Life […]
The aging-in-place movement has been touted as an effective strategy to keep folks in their homes, either delaying or avoiding altogether the need to enter senior-oriented housing, and this trend could potentially have chain-reaction implications for senior living communities’ business models and marketing strategies. Greater numbers of people choosing to age in place could mean […]
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