The first step, he says, is to just address the issue. Fear of aging—and, by extension, death—means that the issue is often pushed under the rug and hidden away in hospitals and nursing homes. In some ways, acknowledging the inevitability and respecting the benefits that come with experience mark a return to an older way of living when communities supported each other across generations. Photo 2 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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The first step, he says, is to just address the issue. Fear of aging—and, by extension, death—means that the issue is often pushed under the rug and hidden away in hospitals and nursing homes. In some ways, acknowledging the inevitability and respecting the benefits that come with experience mark a return to an older way of living when communities supported each other across generations.