Sarah Palin School of Public Policy: Stephen Harper, Tony Clement and the...
The furor over the 2011 Census reminds me of Sarah Palin claiming she understood international relations because she could see Russia from her front door. That is how all of us will have to operate in...
View ArticleHelp Required: Title for Book on Seniors’ Housing
As regular readings of this blog know, I am writing a book that will be published shortly (meaning in the next couple of months). It is currently titled The Future of Seniors’ Housing: Planning,...
View ArticleSun City Arizona is 50 Years Old
That seems almost impossible to believe. Not so much its age per se, but the fact that it was built when the median age in the US was 29.5 and the oldest baby boomer was 14. Today the median age is...
View ArticleWhy it Would be Wonderful to be a Seniors’ Housing Market Analyst in the USA
I have made this point before several times (about the vastly superior information on the US seniors housing industry) but I was struck anew by the disparities between our two countries earlier this...
View ArticleI Have Seen the Future…and It’s Open Kitchens!
A couple of weeks ago I toured the new Tapestry at UBC project, which just opened. Like its sister project, Tapestry O’Keefe, the UBC project offers both rental units and condo units. One of the things...
View ArticleIntegration or segregation of assisted living services in independent living...
I have posted about this before and there is also a section on the subject in my book The Future of Seniors Housing: Planning, Building and Operating Successful Seniors Housing Projects (now available...
View ArticleAn Asian Retirement Community
Readers of this blog are by now familiar with one of my many obsessions, that being the impact of multi-generational cultures on the demand for supportive seniors housing. The hypothesis is that in...
View ArticleFood and grab bars
I realize that I have posted about these two issues on numerous occasions but they are both something of bêtes noires for me. I have been travelling a lot and have eaten at several seniors’ projects....
View ArticleSocial Media in the Seniors Housing Industry in Canada
We here at Lumina Services are slowly moving into the 21st century. We have a blog on our website, we have podcasts on our website, we have a page on Facebook, and we have a twitter account, although...
View ArticleThe 80/20 Rule as It Applies to Seniors Housing
I have always wanted to improve my time management skills—who doesn’t? So I bought a couple of books, The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch being one of them. The 80/20 Principle basically says that 80%...
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