Easter marks the joyful arrival of spring, so this is a perfect time to enjoy all the season has to offer. Remind your residents of outdoor amenities with a community flower show, a springtime community picnic, or a pop-up shop with a local garden center. Easter is a time for celebrating and reflection, senior living communities can offer something for all their residents, as well as families and friends.

Increasingly, senior living communities will encounter people who don’t want a sedentary lifestyle. Preparing for the future of senior living means revisiting much of what we know about what older adults want, need, and can afford. It is important to figure out how to respond to the needs around well-being and longevity. Michele Holleran, CEO, of DeArment Consulting, LLC states, “I define longevity not only as the span of someone’s life but the quality of that lifespan.”

Senior living industry leaders agree that designing communities that enable and promote intergenerational connections is a priority for Baby Boomers and Gen Xers. Seniors are embracing new approaches that create engagement and integrated community living, breaking down ageism while supporting socialization, health, and wellness.

People are aging in better health. For the first time in humanity, there are five generations living together, it's something that has never happened before. Globally, life expectancy increases every 10 years, and Nicola Palmarini, director of the National Centre for Ageing in the UK, said during a recent webinar that we are moving from an aging society to a longevity one.  He explained, “There isn’t just one way to live healthier longer lives. Each one of us has their own.

When planning a repositioning or renovation project for your community, consider a potential missing demographic in your focus: individuals born between 1954 and 1965. These individuals do not fully align with the Boomer or Gen X generations. While often grouped with Boomers or Xers, they typically exhibit greater independence, a more active lifestyle, and a strong commitment to pursuing their dreams and making an impact.

You don’t expect to see frost on the bushes or cold winds whipping through the veranda at a Florida senior living community, but the unexpected happens. Residents find themselves wading through floodwaters, escaping fires with a few possessions, and stuck in motels waiting for power and/or water to be restored after a disaster. As Stan Szpytek, president of Fire and Life Safety, often says, communities have to be prepared for all types of disasters, not just the ones most likely to occur.