Senior Housing News June 21, 2022
Senior living design teams are grappling with a constant barrage of new technology and the remnants of Covid-19 as they plan the communities of tomorrow; however, they cannot lose sight of the basics — programming and location — if they hope to create communities that fit the industry’s emerging wellness model.
Indeed, one of the biggest issues with senior living community design today is a disconnect between the design team and the operations team, according to LifeStar Senior Living President and CEO Joel Anderson. LifeStar oversees about 3,500 senior living units in Florida.
“The worst thing to … do is to design physical spaces that don’t actually accommodate the culture or the programming that you really want,” Anderson said on...