MINNEAPOLIS: Despite the oldest baby boomer being in his 70th year, and a library of demand studies showing the unacceptability of yesterdays skilled nursing home/hospital design, the care sector continues to pump out buildings with 30 plus years of shelf life, aimed at a demographic Read More »

NEW YORK: 5 per cent of the population are aging parents looking after disabled adult children.

Every night these parents go to bed with angst in their collective hearts about how their children will be cared for after they die.

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SEATTLE: Skilled nursing home design is trapped in a time warp. Despite falling occupancies, consumer resistance and client feedback, rest homes remain resistant to material change.

The combined forces of staff routine, government regulation, a lack of management creativity, the dead hand of industry

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BOSTON: The major retirement housing developers are still mass trend marketers, believing everyone over a certain age and owning their own home is a candidate for their product.

But the baby boomer client signals the end of the big trend. This is the century of Read More »