title: Senior assisted living: a hospital niche?
abstract: Nationwide demographic trends indicating a growing elderly population are creating interest in a number of senior related services, especially within the health care industry. A relatively new concept in senior care, assisted living, may well be the greatest area of growth in the senior housing industry today. Understanding assisted living, the factors which make it successful, and the role hospitals can play in development is critical to wise decision-making.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003482:Custodial Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003710:Demography; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000639:trends*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States