In his call to action, Hollwich says: "This process begins with developing a new attitude toward aging: Expanding our social reach by inviting friends into our family circle, finding new ways to stay relevant to the world around us, adopting habits for staying fit and eating well, experimenting with transportation alternatives to using a car, looking at our homes with a new eye (and then changing our living spaces if needed), and enlisting the services that will guarantee our independence far into the future." Photo 3 of 5 in Aging Gracefully: How Architecture Can Make Nursing Homes Obsolete by Heather Corcoran

Aging Gracefully: How Architecture Can Make Nursing Homes Obsolete

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In his call to action, Hollwich says: "This process begins with developing a new attitude toward aging: Expanding our social reach by inviting friends into our family circle, finding new ways to stay relevant to the world around us, adopting habits for staying fit and eating well, experimenting with transportation alternatives to using a car, looking at our homes with a new eye (and then changing our living spaces if needed), and enlisting the services that will guarantee our independence far into the future."