In just over a week (on September 7, Ironton, Ohio, will celebrate the grand opening and have a ribbon cutting ceremony for their first ever assisted living home with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new assisted living home is actually set inside a 100 year old building, that was formerly a community center, and once [...]

There have been a number of studies that highlight the benefits of seniors interacting with and owning pets, and one of the great initiatives that various cities are implementing is a seniors for seniors pet program. While the ages vary, seniors for seniors pet programs typically look to match senior citizens (starting at age 59-62), [...]

A modern two-story assisted living and memory care complex in Daphne, Alabama, dubbed The Blake at Malbis, is set to open in mid-September. While most assisted living facilities are constructed in a traditional style, The Blake at Malbis wanted to set this community apart from others by having numerous windows, high ceilings, and wrought-iron balconies. [...]

Since 1998 SeniorStore.com has been leading the way in providing a one stop shop for anyone looking to buy a gift for a senior, and over the years the design of the ecommerce store has experienced many changes. When looking at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, you can see that the site started out very [...]

Recent data from the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry shows that the average occupancy rate for assisted living properties was up to 88.3% in the second quarter of 2010. This is a slight increase over the first quarter of 2010, which only had the occupancy rate at 87.8% for assisted [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union recently estimated that the cost of housing an elderly inmate for one year was $72,000, which was triple the cost of a younger prisoner which only costs $24,000. As inmates continue to age, more of them are needed to be moved to prisons which are actually assisted living units. These [...]