The Gray Tsunami

I recently found this term, "gray tsunami" used in senior housing articles.  Evidently the term refers to the baby boomers taking the senior housing industry by storm!  Into a new era!  Increased demand for services and healthcare provisions.

Here is what (we) baby boomers will be wanting in their senior facilities:

• Hotel and resort atmosphere
• Restaurants with options, such as gourmet dining
• Coffee shops and internet cafes
• Fitness Centers
• Spas
• Activities such as yoga, tai chi and happy hours!

We will want an experience, not just a place to live.  We want the spaces to be comfortable and not full of medical equipment.  We want to grow old gracefully and try to ignore that we ARE growing old!

Developers, architects, interior designers and facility managers - Be prepared, here comes the Gray Tsunami!!