Design for Aging

Building for Boomers 

05-05-2014 12:42 PM

This webinar is part of a series sponsored by the Design for Aging Knowledge Community on AIA KnowledgeNet. This course will be an in-depth description of baby boomers and their preferences in housing.

The single family home is in decline as the once most popular of housing types. The custom home segment is even smaller and rapidly shrinking. Architects must be willing to deal with mass production and systems building or continue to be left behind in this market. The boomers parents lived without luxuries and this has helped to shape the boomers expectations. There are 77 million baby boomers but the leading edge of the boomers just started turning 65 in 2009, and it will be another 18 years before they are are all 65 or older. As a group they are not ready for “the Home”. Boomers typically are in denial that their bodies will ever be anything less than able to move, reach, bend, and be strong. Although older Americans progressively are enjoying better health, many become disabled or limited by conditions such as arthritis or heart disease. In this presentation, attendees will learn how to cater to a large majority of boomers, 79 percent, who indicated they want to stay in the home they live in now for as long as they can. Don’t ignore this, 79% is huge and it has to do with more than only universal design. It speaks to neighborhood.

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