Nestlé Library

The State of Seniors Housing. American Seniors Housing Association, Coopers & Lybrand. Annual. (Reference HD7287.92 U6 S73).
Contains financial and performance measures, including expense and revenue categories, resident turnover, occupancy, and other key operational data categories.

IBISWorld Industry Report: Nursing Care Facilities in the U.S.
Contains statistical data and analysis, market characteristics, industry performance, and future projections. Similar IBISWorld industry reports include Retirement Communities, Home Care Providers, and Elderly & Disabled Services.

Analyzing Seniors' Housing Markets. Brecht, S. B. Urban Land Institute. 2002 (HD1390.5 B738x).
Provides guidance for performing a market analysis for retirement housing. Includes an historical perspective on the growth of the seniors’ housing market.

Assisted Living/Congregate Care Facilities: Selected References. Urban Land Institute. 2004. (HD7287.92 U5 A882 2004).
A collection of articles on assisted living.

Nursing Homes: Long Term Care Management. Available Electronically (Also available at Mann Library RT1 N965).

MedlinePlus: Assisted Living
Contains links to assisted living research, directories, glossaries, law and policy updates, organizations, consumer guides, and statistics.

American Association of Retired Persons
Contains many in-depth studies on retired Americans' demographics, economic and physical well-being, and retirement housing expectations and ideals.

IBISWorld Industry Report: Nursing Care Facilities in the U.S.
Contains statistical data and analysis, market characteristics, industry performance, and future projections. Similar IBISWorld industry reports include Retirement Communities, Home Care Providers, and Elderly & Disabled Services.

Family Caregiver Alliance
Contains selected long term care statistics as well as policy briefs and advocacy assistance.

Assisted Living: Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly. Eds. Zimmerman, S., P. D. Sloane, and J. K. Eckert. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2001. (Mann Library HD7287.92 U6 A88).

Carepathways.com
Provides an extensive directory of nursing homes and assisted living facilities searchable by state. Includes Nursing Home Inspector, a fee-base service offering detailed reports.

Medicare.gov
Provides comparative data on nursing homes by state or counties.

IBISWorld Industry Report: Nursing Care Facilities in the U.S.
Contains statistical data and analysis, market characteristics, industry performance, and future projections. Similar IBISWorld industry reports include Retirement Communities, Home Care Providers, and Elderly & Disabled Services.

NIC National Supply Estimate of Seniors Housing and Care Properties. National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industries. 2000. (Reference HD7287.92 U5 N532).
Analyses supply and demand trends for various categories of retirement housing and care properties. Also provides analysis of facility and service characteristics of different categories of care properties.

Seniors Housing Statistical Digest. American Seniors Housing Association. 1999/2000. (Reference HD7287.92 U6 S45x).
Reports demographics of the senior population of the U.S. as a whole, demographics of retirement housing residents, and senior housing statistics.

Older Americans: A Changing Market. New Strategist Publications. 2006. (HQ1064 U5 O43).
Provides statistics on older American attitudes, behavior, education levels, health, income, labor force, population, spending, housing, and living arrangements.

Older Americans Update 2006: Key Indicators of Well-Being. Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics. 2006.
"This updated report provides the latest data on the 37 key indicators selected by the forum for its 2004 report to portray aspects of the lives of older Americans and their families. It is divided into five subject areas: population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care."

The State of Seniors Housing. American Seniors Housing Association, Coopers & Lybrand. Annual. (Reference HD 7287.92 U6 S73).
Contains financial and performance measures, including expense and revenue categories, resident turnover, occupancy, and other key operational data categories.

National Center for Assisted Living
Contains consumer information, assisted living news, educational resources, and statistics. Also includes an assisted living resident profile.

Journal of Housing for the Elderly. (Available electronically, Fine Arts Library, HD 7287.9 J86)

SeniorJournal.com
Provides news updated daily for seniors and baby boomers.

American Seniors Housing Association
5100 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 307
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: 202-237-0900
Fax: 202-237-1616
Web site: www.seniorshousing.org/

Assisted Living Federation of America
11200 Waples Mill Rd, Suite 150
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-691-8100
Fax: 703-691-8106
Web site: www.alfa.org/

Assisted Living Source
A comprehensive guide to assisted living, memory care and senior living communities.

Assisted Living Directory
A listing of assisted living facilities, organized by state and by city.