Senior Housing Options – A New Perspective

Abstract

For a growing aging population, but with different needs from previous generations, a new formula of residences for independent elderly people is developing more and more in the world. They represent an alternative between personal housing and the medical unit. Increasingly popular, this type of accommodation is experiencing strong growth due to its attractiveness. The article presents this new solutions in relation to the Romanian reality in which the only offer for the elderly is, for the moment, the old people's homes.