The elder-centric housing industry is about to explode every which way.
My tongue-in-cheek take on it:
03 December 2018
Where are old people going to live?
It used to be that old people lived wherever they lived – and that was that.
And I’ve written about this ad nauseam for over fifteen years. A list of related posts:
Something you can skim or skip:
Selling Universal Design To Baby Boomers/Aging In Place (PDF)
… What is ‘aging in place’? Baby Boomers staying
put in their condos or houses for the rest of their lives. Others refer to aging in place as remodeling current residences with Universal Design as the blueprint. Still others use the term to describe Baby Boomers moving into condos or active adult communities not far from where they are now – this so they can still be near work, family, friends.
The powers-that-be are getting smart. They’re starting to target middle-income boomers - not solely the better-offs everybody covets.
The latest collection of offerings (the article is dense, a bit convoluted – so again, skim):
6 Senior Living Providers to Watch in 2020
…. Baby boomers will come to the space demanding variety in care and amenities, but many may not be able to afford the existing, dominant private pay model of senior housing.
Boomer thinker and marketing maven Matt Thornhill has a new adult community project that fascinates me. Add it to the list:
Culled from my book Advertising to Baby Boomers:Cozy Home Community
… It’s a new type of rentable housing unit specifically designed and built for middle-income Boomers, or folks between 60 and 80.Two bedrooms, two full baths, and an open floor plan with kitchen, dining and family room — all on one floor. Approximately 1,200 square feet, there’s plenty of space for two people to share.
Some Baby Boomer sociology experts predict that semi-retirement and retirement communities will naturally develop personalities based on shared interests.These could be gardening, motorcycles, vegetarianism, the arts, even a community where the shared interest might be financial speculation.
If correct, I can’t think of a better architectural template than Cozy Home Community.
