THE SILVER TSUNAMI

OLDER AMERICANS ARE DRIVING

THE NEED FOR HOUSING TO AGE IN PLACE

As an advocate for universal design, Will is amazed that some people see an assistive mobility device, or walk/roll-in shower as a negative.

“It was controversial over 20 years ago when we created development in San Diego that had common dining, gym, therapy and other areas for both independent living and assisted living. 

People told me it would never work, because the so-called independent people would not tolerate seeing anything that portrayed frailty in their eyes,” Belmont Senior Living’s Will said.