Anne Tumlinson Innovations conducted a study comparing the hospitalization rate of Juniper residents with a benchmark population of similarly frail Medicare beneficiaries and found a statistically significant difference between the benchmark population's inpatient hospitalization rate of 0.65 and the Juniper reported rate of 0.30. About 50 years ago , assisted living and other forms of seniors housing evolved specifically to create a nonmedical residential care option for frail older adults . And yet today , a growing number of seniors housing organizations are challenging the traditional senior living concept by explicitly incorporating healthcare into their service offerings .
About 50 years ago , assisted living and other forms of seniors housing evolved specifically to create a nonmedical residential care option for frail older adults . And yet today , a growing number of seniors housing organizations are challenging the traditional senior living concept by explicitly incorporating healthcare into their service offerings .