MIXING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT LEADS TO HEALTHIER, MORE FULFILLED, BETTER CONNECTED AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLES
Irv Katz, senior fellow emeritus at Generations United and former president & CEO of the National Human Services Assembly, co-authored a research paper on aging trends and placemaking for the APA.
He
collaborated with Matthew Kaplan, Ph.D., professor of Intergenerational
Programs and Aging in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and
Education at Pennsylvania State University.
“We have
this big boomer population that is retired or retiring.
Whether they
are poor or wealthy, they get steered to live in [isolated elder communities],”
Katz said.
“They only
interact with children once or twice per year—when the grandchildren arrive or
a scout troop comes in to sing Christmas carols.
We must plan
for housing that doesn’t create such silos.”
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