MIXING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT LEADS TO HEALTHIER, MORE FULFILLED, BETTER CONNECTED AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLES
There is a misconception that older adults want to move away from the hustle and bustle of the city, or even the streetcar suburb, to live in isolated senior communities.
Jeremy
Chrzan, multimodal design practice lead at Toole Design, said the fact is lots
of older adults are moving into more urbanized areas.
Some are
downsizing, leaving the big yard and big house for a smaller urban unit because
they want nearby access to health care, recreation, the arts, shopping and
more.
He said a well-connected transit system is key to intergenerational communities, because it connects people who are too young to drive, too old to drive or just plain don’t want to drive
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