Who Will Care for Our Elders?
The senior-living industry, already grappling with a severe staffing shortage, is facing further challenges due to the current administration’s draconian immigration policies. Millions of immigrants—both eligible and undocumented workers—fill essential elder-care roles in the U.S. As they are forced out of these critical care positions—particularly as the population of Americans 65 years of age and older continues to expand—the crisis will only escalate.
An Aging Population Taps into Creative Housing Options
As the population ages—by 2030, one in five people in the U.S. will be 65 or older—the questions of where and how to live, and with whom, become more pressing. Many of this growing cohort are rethinking traditional senior accommodations and, instead, are seeking or creating innovative housing solutions—think more “Golden Girls” and less staid, institutional arrangements. The WSJ shared some examples of new and imaginative living environments for older adults.
Rebranding the Senior Center
Think senior centers are all about bingo, bland food, and boring TV? Well, think again. Galvanized by a demographic evolution—specifically, a large swath of adults living longer, more active lives, today’s senior centers are dropping the word “senior” from their names, and offering pickleball, tech labs, speed dating, and more.
Money Talks
Plot twist: The Wall Street Journal reports that consumers age 65+ are the economy’s silver bullet.
A Village By Any Other Name…
It takes a village, as we all know, but what does that village look like for those suffering from dementia? The New York Times reports on ‘dementia villages,’ which are becoming the future of home care, offering multi-dimensional services and care.