Just recently I visited Edina Park Plaza in Edina,Minnesota for a tour. While I was there, I learned Brookdale Senior Living purchased the Clare Bridges (memory care for those with dementia or Alzheimers) in Minnesota, and is becoming quite a large senior housing player in Minnesota. According to their website, they have over 17 senior housing communities in Minnesota.
As a consumer when you're touring senior housing, you likely won't care if it's run by Presbyterian homes, Ecumen or Brookdale Senior living. You'll look at the location, the amenities of the building, the services offered, and price. Which, by the way, is the exact way to do it!
Like so many other senior housing communities' websites, Edina Park Plaza's website doesn't tell you enough about it's unique features or who they seem best tailored to. In fact, if you aren't familiar with Edinborough Park, you wouldn't know Edina Park Plaza is attached to it, or what that means for seniors that choose to live there.
I've written before about how age segregated housing seems like such an antiquated idea, and how I've had clients say they didn't want to live with old people! Imagine living in a senior apartment overlooking an indoor park with walking paths and a children's play area. You open your windows in January and hear the sound of laughing children. I would welcome the opportunity to talk a walk among trees and plants in January and not have to don a heavy 
winter coat!
The baby boomers will continue to demand creative housing solutions as they age. I'm so glad to announce there are a few already here.
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