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Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities

June 18, 2024 By Mark Hager

Naturally occurring retirement communities (Updated 6/18/24) Naturally occurring retirement communities, or NORCs, are residential areas where a significant portion of the population consists of older adults who have aged in place over time. Unlike traditional retirement communities, NORCs are not planned or developed specifically for seniors; instead, they evolve naturally as residents age and choose […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Aging in Place, community, elderly, naturally occurring retirement community, NORC, retirement, seniors

Senior Safety with National Night Out

July 30, 2017 By Mark Hager

National Night Out - Firetruck

National Night Out takes place on the first Tuesday of August – this year, it’s August 1st. This is a nationwide community event in which you can learn more about police-sponsored programs in your area, such as neighborhood watch groups, drug prevention and safety information. Accompanied by food, music and safety demonstrations by local emergency […]

Filed Under: Aging in Place Articles, Home Safety - Tips for a safe home Tagged With: community, home safety, national night out, personal safety

Finding the Right Community Infographic – Livable Communities

June 18, 2014 By Mark Hager

Infographic on finding the right community for aging in place with info about livable communities from some of the top minds & organizations.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging in Place, community, livable communities, Why we have to figure out aging in place

Building Communities Friendly to Aging

July 19, 2008 By Mark Hager

In February and March of 2008 an online conference was held to highlight the why and how of creating aging friendly communities. The Creating Aging-Friendly Communities conference brought people and organizations together who are working to make their cities more friendly to the aging in place. Cities all over the country are experiencing rapid growth […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: age in place, Aging in Place, best practice, communities, community, elderly, senior friendly, seniors

College to build Aging in Place Community on Campus

July 4, 2008 By Mark Hager

Purchase College in Albany now has approval to build a senior community on-campus. The college has been trying to get approval for this project for years and is looked at as a win-win situation for the college (and it’s students) and the future residents. The community will contain up to 385 senior housing units and […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: age in place, Aging in Place, communities, community, elderly, senior

Local Communities, Access & AARP

June 11, 2008 By Mark Hager

Michael O’Neal, urban sociologist with AARP, discusses the ways in which the needs of an aging population coincide with community-building principles of New Urbanism.  

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: AARP, community, coummunities, new urbanism

Northshore Senior Center – Northfield, IL

June 11, 2008 By Mark Hager

Meet Elanor (at 92) who is involved with, and has had her life touched by the North Shore Senior Center Northfield, IL.  The Center offers a large number of programs for seniors and provides the community assistance for those wishing to age in place. It is a great example of an organization stepping up to […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: age in place, Aging in Place, community, elderly, resources, seniors

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