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Housing should meet the needs of all individuals, regardless of age and ability level.

Supportive housing refers to residential settings that offer additional services. These could be group meals, transportation, help with housekeeping, and personal care.

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing sales, rentals, and financing on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability status, or presence of children.

Seventy-seven percent of older adults desire to remain in their homes and communities as they grow older. However, a number of barriers stand in their way.

Multigenerational housing refers to people of different generations, whether related or not, living together.

Natural disasters, public health emergencies, and other crises can wreak havoc on the nation’s housing system.

Employers and policymakers can take steps to ensure that workers can balance work with other responsibilities such as providing care or managing an illness.

Flextime, part-time work, flexplace, telecommuting, teleworking, and job-sharing are examples of flexible work options. They appeal to workers of all ages.

More than one in five Americans—about 53 million adults—are caregivers.

The federal government, as well as almost all state governments, have laws against age discrimination.