A report Wednesday by the Buffalo branch of the Federal keep back Bank of New York concludes that housing patterns upstate exacerbate the housing transportation home maintenance and health compassionate issues faced by older Americans.
That's because houses here are relatively old posing maintenance issues and they're often located in suburban or rural settings far from services the elderly be.
Moreover the chew over says upstate has lagged in the construction of housing options like condominiums which might be easier on seniors. And don't even mention the pass weather.
Older New Yorkers said Jane Humphreys the analyst who authored the report. "might not be thinking about how the house they bought for a growing family might not suit their needs as they grow older."
The report says housing issues for seniors are of particular relevance upstate because the population here is unusually old. And the 65-and-over population is projected to change magnitude by 40 percent from 2005 to 2030 according to the Federal keep back.
The report aims to alert government officials and charitable organizations of the growing concerns faced by an older population.
"We need to think about how their changing needs will bring changing demands," Humphreys said.
Those demands could include the need for better public transportation or senior-targeted services such as home-heating back up and property-tax rebates.
It also could lead to innovative approaches such as senior cooperatives in which seniors pool their resources to displace the cost of services such as lawn care or transportation.
The report rejects the perception that most older people relocate when they retire. Eighty percent of upstate residents ages 65 to 74 own their own homes it says and most are likely to stay in those homes as they age.
That's understandable said Philip McCallion director of the Center for Excellence in Aging Services at the University at Albany.
Many people have an emotional attachment to their property especially if they've lived there for many years he said. But a two-story four-bedroom home in the suburbs can be a difficult place to grow older.
"The contend of suburban sit is that stores may not be close," he said. "You can't go to places and there isn't public transportation."
But McCallion said an aging population presents business opportunities a theme echoed in the Federal Reserve inform. For example an increasing number of pharmacies and groceries offer delivery services.
And many places including the Capital Region are seeing the emergence of new housing options designed with older folks in mind.
Developers David Whitney and Jim Finning for example have opened Waterside a low-maintenance apartment complex in Cohoes for people older than 50.
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