Seven Trends In Senior Living For 2025…And Beyond

Seven Trends In Senior Living For 2025…And Beyond

Michele Holleran, PhD, recently posted her predictions for the future of senior living in an industry trade publication. Michele has a 35-year career working with senior living communities and their leadership in many different capacities, including as a strategic planning consultant and as an executive leadership coach. She is uniquely qualified to be a prognosticator for that segment of society and the businesses attached to it. I’m posting this because I believe her views are worth sharing beyond the circles of those who work in the fields of aging and senior living.

What Robots Can—and Can’t—Do for the Old and Lonely

What Robots Can—and Can’t—Do for the Old and Lonely

Virginia Kellner got the cat last November, around her ninety-second birthday, and now it’s always nearby. It keeps her company as she moves, bent over her walker, from the couch to the bathroom and back again. The walker has a pair of orange scissors hanging from the handlebar, for opening mail. Virginia likes the pet’s green eyes. She likes that it’s there in the morning, when she wakes up. Sometimes, on days when she feels sad, she sits in her soft armchair and rests the cat on her soft stomach and just lets it do its thing. Nuzzle. Stretch. Vibrate.