BUFFALO, NY—The Buffalo Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released Aging in Place in Upstate New York, the latest issue of the Branch’s Upstate New York Regional Review.
According to author Jane Humphreys, Branch regional analyst, senior homeowners may find it hard to remain in their homes as they grow older, or “age in place,” because of a growing disparity between the features of the houses they own and the housing they need.
The author concludes that demand for housing services and products that enable
aging in place will likely create opportunities as well as challenges for both
the private and public sectors.
This change in demand is likely to be of particular significance in upstate
New York, where the majority of seniors are homeowners living in older, single-family
homes that they have owned for a long time.
“The senior share of the population in upstate New York is larger than
in most other parts of the country and seniors’ homes are often ill-suited
to aging in place,” explains Humphreys. “This suggests that
as the population ages, the region will experience a growing demand for supportive
services such as health care, transportation and accessible housing, which
may pose significant challenges to local governments and community-based organizations
but also create new business opportunities.”
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