EP40: Role of Place in Healthy Aging With Ryan Frederick

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Role of Place in Healthy Aging with Ryan Frederick</span></em></p> <p><strong><em>“This pandemic has been a great reminder that place matters a lot.”</em></strong><strong>— Ryan Frederick, CEO of SmartLiving 360</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have you ever wondered why the long-term care housing industry segregated itself when there's so much benefit to having intergenerational housing? Have you ever thought about our older loved ones living in a better community to make their aging experience more comfortable? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are the important points covered in this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ryan's focus on the intersection of place, including housing,  and healthy aging.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How</span> <a href= "https://smartliving360.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">SmartLiving 360</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a strategy consulting and a residential development company, is shifting the field of housing for older adults and long-term effects.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ryan's focus on creating inspired homes in walkable, intergenerational mixed-use urban and suburban areas.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mind shifting: aging as a solo sport to aging as a team sport.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Part One of ‘Role of Place in Healthy Aging with Ryan Frederick’</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">America's solution to not living in a skilled nursing home is to move into an assisted living facility, but assisted living is segregated housing in most communities. Having been an operator of senior housing communities, some of the largest companies in the country, then also as an investor and a real estate developer, Ryan witnessed the impact that housing has on people in general. We're now se