More than 95 percent of older adults live in the broader community. They live in neighborhoods, towns, cities, suburbs, and rural communities alongside people of every age. Yet much of our thinking about aging continues to focus on housing and services designed specifically for older adults. Those organizations play an important role, but they represent only part of the picture. The future of healthy longevity will be determined largely by the communities where most older adu

We educate children in one place, employ adults in another, and often care for older adults elsewhere. We build schools for the young, workplaces for adults, playgrounds for children, and communities designed for older adults. Then we wonder why generations rarely know one another.