CHICAGO: The stigma attached to nursing homes most often is that they’re a place you go to die. The last thing baby boomers, who came of age in the ’60s and ’70s and practically invented youth culture, will ever admit is that they are getting old.
A nursing home in Arlington Heights hopes to win them over. It features spacious private rooms with flat-screen TVs, wider beds and Wi-Fi. The dining areas look more like cafes than cafeterias. It takes design cues from hotels to replace the institutional feel of older nursing homes…