Resources for housing choices for seniors.
A Place for Mom
A Place for Mom was founded 15 years ago to help families navigate the maze of senior housing options.
Accessory Dwelling Units
An accessory dwelling unit is a really simple and old idea: having a second small dwelling right on the same grounds (or attached to) your regular single-family house.
Active Adult Living
ActiveAdultLiving.com is a premier source of information on adult living communities throughout the United States to a large number of independent seniors.
Administration for Community Living
ACL brings together the efforts and achievements of the Administration on Aging, the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and the HHS Office on Disability to serve as the Federal agency responsible for increasing access to community supports, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans and people with disabilities across the lifespan.
LeadingAge Center for Housing Plus Services
The LeadingAge community includes 6,000 not-for-profit organizations in the United States, 39 state partners, hundreds of businesses, research partners, consumer organizations, foundations and a broad global network of aging services organizations that reach over 30 countries.
American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA)
Members of ASHA are executives involved in the operation, development and finance of the entire spectrum of seniors housing – independent living, assisted living, and continuing care retirement communities.
Argentum formerly-Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA)
Argentum is the largest national association exclusively dedicated to professionally operated assisted living communities for seniors.
AssistGuide Information Services (AGIS)
AGIS Network connects government agencies, employers, service providers, and families in the eldercare and disability communities. Their consumer website, AGIS.com, among other resources, provides housing options.
Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living (CCAL)
The Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living (CCAL) is a national nonprofit consumer-based organization nationwide focused on the needs, rights and protection of assisted living consumers, their caregivers and loved ones.
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
CARF reviews and grants accreditation services nationally and internationally on request of a facility or program. Here you can search for their accredited continuing care retirement facilities.
The Eden Alternative
The Eden Alternative is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to transforming care environments into habitats for human beings that promote quality of life for all involved.
Housing for Seniors
HousingforSeniors.com has one goal and that is to connect interested seniors and their families with quality senior living options. Their site includes a comprehensive and in-depth directory that provides the perfect place to start your search for discovering a wide variety of senior housing and residential care options.
Medline Plus
A guide to nursing homes – a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health.
National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL)
The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) is the assisted living voice of the American Health Care Association (AHCA). NCAL is dedicated to serving the needs of the assisted living community through national advocacy, education, networking, professional development, and quality initiatives.
National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Industries
Since its creation, NIC has served as a valuable resource to lenders, investors, developers/operators, and others interested in meeting the housing and care needs of America’s seniors.
National Low Income Housing Coalition
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes.
National Shared Housing Resources Center
Home Sharing is a simple idea: a homeowner offers accommodation to a homesharer in exchange for an agreed level of support in the form of financial exchange, assistance with household tasks, or both.
Nursing Home Compare
Nursing Home Compare allows consumers to compare information about nursing homes. It contains quality of care information on every Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country, including over 15,000 nationwide.
Pioneer Network
Pioneer Network was formed in 1997 by a small group of prominent professionals in long-term care to advocate for person-directed care. This group called for a radical change in the culture of aging so that when our grandparents, parents — and ultimately ourselves — go to a nursing home or other community-based setting it is to thrive, not to decline.
Senior Living Guide
SeniorLivingGuide.com was created help seniors and their loved ones find information on housing and services quickly and easily. Choose from the menu above to search, retirement communities, assisted living facilities, active adult communities, nursing homes, Alzheimer’s care and senior services such as home health care and companions nationwide.
Senior Real Estate Specialists
Seniors Real Estate Specialists® or SRES® designees are REALTORS® qualified to address the needs of home buyers and sellers age 50+.
SkilledNursingFacilities.org
Skilled Nursing Facilities.org is a senior care resource that offers a nationwide directory of nursing homes.
Smart Homes
Home automation superstore.
Reference
Society of Certified Senior Advisors®. Working with Older Adults – A Professional’s Guide to Contemporary Issues of Aging
