“Where people call home” will continue to be the mantra of the senior housing profession giving consumers a myriad of housing options and living arrangements as they age. Baby boomers will be looking for a wide range of services that can be brought to them no matter what their health condition and where they live. Senior living communities will need to be flexible, innovative and accommodating to its customers as the definition of “community” continues to evolve. One of the top three planning initiatives during the next five years among PANHPA members is to offer service enhanced supportive housing.
The North Star is reached when PANPHA members are:
- Offering affordable housing with supportive services including wellness and fitness.
- Building and/or renovating housing with smart technology fostering independence.
- Creating integrated communities that draw the local community onto the senior living campus.
- Providing living arrangements that match the individual’s wants and needs.
- Connecting the parts of the long term care continuum to wherever their consumer calls “home.”
Sample Navigation Markers:
- Public resources such as banks, libraries and stores locate onto senior living campuses creating small town connectivity.
- Affordable housing is renovated to include smart housing technologies
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