Rising Resident Acuity Prompts Senior Living Operators to ‘Get Real’ About Independent Living 

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It’s no secret that independent living means something different than it did just one or two decades ago — but in 2023, the product type faces an existential question: Does IL still exist?

Of course, plenty of senior living operators still offer something in their communities called “independent living.” And by that measure, the product type still has a clear place in senior living now and in the future. But as independent living is squeezed on one side by active adult and by assisted living on the other, its role in the care continuum is being re-evaluated.