Seven Trends In Senior Living For 2025 …And Beyond

My colleague and friend, Michele Holleran, PhD, recently posted her predictions for the future of senior living in an industry trade publication. Michele has a 35-year career working with senior living communities and their leadership in many different capacities, including as a strategic planning consultant and as an executive leadership coach. She is uniquely qualified to be a prognosticator for that segment of society and the businesses attached to it. I’m posting this because I believe her views are worth sharing beyond the circles of those who work in the fields of aging and senior living.

Because of our rapidly aging population and the choices individuals and families need to make about where and with whom the older family members will spend their final years, the field of senior living has come out from the shadows and into the limelight in recent years, for better…and worse. Like all industries (yes, senior living is an industry), there are some bad actors around but my personal experience of the last 12 years, observing and interacting with people who manage these enterprises and serve older adults is that they are some of the most caring and compassionate people I have ever encountered.