Retirement lifestyles reinvented

Nobody likes the term nursing home. Least of all, not surprisingly, the members of what now is called the senior-living industry.

Nursing homes at worst are thought of as places to be feared, places where people are warehoused in their final stages of life. At best, they are perceived as institutional — more like hospitals than like homes.

Well, not anymore. The senior-living industry rapidly is reinventing itself in anticipation of a huge increase in the 85-plus age demographic in the United States. For those who plan to reach that golden age, this is a very good thing.

Experts on aging…