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Massachusetts Advocates Push for Medicaid-Funded Assisted Living

By funding nursing homes but not assisted living, Medicaid often steers older adults into costlier and more restrictive care than they need. Lawmakers can fix that.

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A young man sits between two seniors, a man and a woman. His hands are on the keyboard of a laptop and all three are looking at the screen. They're in a
From the Field

Four Ways to Address the Housing Challenges Older Chinese Immigrants Face

For low-income seniors with limited English and tech proficiency, navigating New York City’s affordable housing systems is a challenge. To help, we must think beyond affordability.

A close view over the shoulder of a Black senior man in a cap and medical mask. He is seated at a table and is coloring in the spaces created by randomly drawn straight lines across a white page. He is left-handed and is holding a green pencil. On the table is a box of colored pencils and a pair of glasses.
From the Field

Occupational Therapy Can Keep Seniors Out of Nursing Homes

Supportive housing residents are getting older. In an era of reduced funding for nursing home care, occupational therapy can help them age in place.

Two women help a senior go up the stairs to her home. Like Project Sustained Legacy, the CAPABLE program helps seniors age in place.
Health

Helping At-Risk Homeowners Stay Put With a Land Trust

For some homeowners at risk of losing their home, City of Lakes Community Land Trust has been able to keep them in place by bringing their home into the land trust.

Seniors at a workshop on creating winter bird feeders
Health

Vermont’s SASH Program Keeps Seniors in Their Homes

The statewide program connects elderly residents with community-based services and saves money in urban areas by reducing emergency room and specialist visits.

Community Development Field

Staying Ahead of the Age Wave

Groups working with older adults, including many community developers, are crafting a range of creative interventions, from home modifications to service-enriched housing models, to allow seniors to age in place. Will it be enough?

A senior park in California called Pismo Dunes.
Housing

The Benefits of Aging in Manufactured Housing Communities

As places for low- and moderate-income Americans to age in place, manufactured housing communities present an impressive array of advantages—and some financial risks.

Health

Renovating Senior Complexes to Be Green, Healthy, and Connected

Orness Plaza is one of the only public housing developments geared toward seniors and the disabled in Mankato, Minn., the state’s fourth largest city. Although the city boasts significant economic […]

Housing

Leaving Grandma Out in the Cold

The demise of the federal program that funded senior housing construction bodes ill for the increasing numbers of low-income seniors who struggle to afford a decent place to live.

Housing

Housing Beyond the Nuclear Family

As multigenerational households increase, some community groups are rethinking how to design homes and developments to bring generations together.