This video series features testimonials and stories from our community partners, program participants, and team members. Join us as they share their experiences, highlighting our efforts to support growing older in your own home, and get inspired to take action:
- Educate yourself on the issues and how to make simple, age-friendly home modifications.
- Find a place to start your journey and get advice by taking our Aging 360 workshop.
- Support our efforts around aging in place by making a gift today.
- Help us spread the word by sharing these videos and resources as we continue to re-envision and improve later life experiences at home.
Testimonial by Patti Spaniak Davidson, Director of Community Engagement with Community Living Campaign and an AHWGO Aging 360 Community Partner
Testimonial by Susanne Stadler, an Architect, the Aging 360 Co-Designer and Lead Facilitator, and the Founding Director of At Home With Growing Older
Testimonial by Mistinguette Smith, an Aging 360 Participant, Writer, and a Consultant for Philanthropic and Social Sector Groups
Testimonial by Mistinguette Smith, an Aging 360 Participant, Writer, and a Consultant for Philanthropic and Social Sector Groups
Testimonial by Katherine Okpara, Aging 360 Experience Manager with At Home With Growing Older, a User Experience Designer, and a Certified Aging in Place Specialist
Testimonial by Valorie Villela, an Aging 360 Community Partner and the Well Senior Program Director with OnLok
Testimonial by Valorie Villela, an Aging 360 Community Partner and the Well Senior Program Director with OnLok
Testimonial by Donna Schempp, an Aging 360 Co-Facilitator, a Geriatric Care Manager and Social Worker, and a Founding Member of At Home With Growing Older
Testimonial by Howard Thornton, the Aging 360 Program Lead for SRO Residents, an At Home With Growing Older Board Member, and Architect
Thank you to those who have shared their experiences with our community!
Additional Statistics & Resources about Aging in Place:
- Most people want or need to age in their own homes, but the majority of homes are not age-ready. (Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, 2014)
- Aging in place challenges are expected to increase significantly as baby boomers retire and need more in-home support and healthcare. (Forbes Health, 2024)
- Nearly one-fourth of adults aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated. (NASEM report from 2020)
- More than 17 million older adults aged 65+ are economically insecure. (The National Council on Aging, 2024)
- Two-thirds of older adults say that if they made modifications to their home, they would have been able to maintain more independence and stay longer in that home. (California Department on Aging, 2024)
- Supportive physical and social environments enable people to do what is important to them, despite losses in capacity. (World Health Organization, 2022)
- Multigenerational households are on the rise. 18% of the U.S. population lived in multigenerational households in 2021. (Pew Research Center, 2022)
- Only 15% of people aged 50-80 plan for home modifications as they age; 47% haven’t considered it much. (National Poll on Healthy Aging, 2022)
- In 2022, unsheltered homelessness rose to 233,830, up 3.4% in two years, highlighting the urgent need for more affordable and permanent housing. (Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University: The State of the Nation’s Housing, 2023)
- 77% of adults over the age of 50 want to age in place, but only 1% of homes are age-ready. (Forbes Health, 2024)
- 1 in 6 people in the United States are 65 and over. The U.S. population ages 65+ grew from 2010 to 2020 at the fastest rate since 1880 to 1890 and reached 55.8 million. (2020 Census)
- 1 in 4 Americans (26%) live in a household with 3 or more generations. This finding indicates multigenerational living has nearly quadrupled in the past decade. (Generations United, 2021)
- In 2021, most (63%) older adults in poverty lived alone compared to only 26% of those not in poverty. (2020 Census)
- Homeownership costs skyrocketed in 2022, pricing out 2.4 million renters. (The State of the Nation’s Housing, 2023)
- The National Poll on Healthy Aging polls from 2018 to 2023 have consistently found that feeling isolated from others, feeling a lack of companionship, and having infrequent social contact were strongly associated with poorer physical and mental health among older adults. (National Poll on Healthy Aging, 2018-2023)
- Two-thirds of older adults say that if they made modifications to their home, they would have been able to maintain more independence and stay longer in that home. (California Department on Aging, 2024)
- The national monthly median cost of assisted living in 2023 is $4,774, according to the Genworth Cost of Care survey. (Forbes Health, 2024)
- The number of people aged 80+ is projected to grow rapidly over the next 25 years; however, the senior housing industry is on track to fall 50 percent short of the required inventory by 2025. (NIC MAP Vision: Senior Housing Market Outlook report, 2024)
- Only 1% of homes in the United States are conducive to aging in place, but more than 75% of older Americans want to stay in their own homes for as long as possible. (United Disabilities Services Foundation, 2020)