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“Older adults are increasingly recognizing the role that technology can play in enabling a healthy life, particularly among those over 70,” declares a new study from AARP


"Older adults are increasingly recognizing the role that technology can play in enabling a healthy life, particularly among those over 70," declares a new study from A...

Francine Wallace, vice president of community experience with Tri Point Homes ’ California Inland Empire division, works with 55 and older homebuyers in the national builders’ active adult developments. “In my experience, there are significant differences in technology adoption by race,” shares Karen D. Lincoln, professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of California Irvine and a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. Architect Ken Linehan, managing principal at Winter Park, Florida-based FK Architecture, has seen an increase in a tech friendly mindset for residents of his age-targeted projects, he says.

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