As 2017 rapidly comes to a close, we want to share a summary of some of the coverage we helped position for A Place for Mom throughout the year. For those interested in the issues surrounding senior living, this roundup offers a sense of the topics that attracted the most significant attention of journalists and their readers.

A Place for Mom is the largest senior living referral service in North America. As such, the company provides a wealth of information about senior preferences for housing, care and other vital topics. We were honored to help position this useful, practical  information.

We began the year by sharing data with journalists about the 10 safest cities for seniors that resulted in the following eight articles:

• Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach ranked in top 10 of safest cities for seniors
• Daily Miner, Kingman ranks second in nation in senior living
• Cameron Broadcasting, Kingman Named #2 for Senior Living
• Havasu News, Kingman ranks second in nation in senior living
• Today’s News-Herald, Havasu ranks high in senior care
• Daily Minor, Column: Hanging our hats on the good things
• Morningstar, A Checklist for Homebuyers and Sellers in 2017
• Senior Housing News, Safest, Most Affordable Cities for Senior Housing

Next, we developed and distributed news about home equity and using it to fund senior care. This resulted in two articles:

• Mortgageloan.com, Selling Your home to Move into Senior Housing
• Santa Clarita Valley Signal, SCV home sellers can buy 15 years’ worth of senior care

Syndicated content from A Place for Mom remained popular throughout the year. We placed stories about finding love in a senior community, the benefits of shared living for seniors, and tips on taxes, as well as travelling with seniors .Stories included:

• Next Avenue, Finding Love in a Senior Living Community
• Havre Daily News, Benefits of home sharing for seniors not just about companionship
• KOZL-TV, Aging: Seniors Staying at Home Longer
• Leavenworth Times, Q5: Shared housing provides mutual benefits for seniors
• The Ticker Tape, Downsize Upshoot: Choosing a Retirement Community
• Forbes, 4 Tax Filing Tips For People 65 And Older
• Orbitz, 12 Timely Tips for Travelling with Seniors
• Caregiver Space, Travel with Seniors: A Little Planning Delivers a Lot of Fun

In the summer of 2017, we had the opportunity to publicize the results from a survey that clearly demonstrated that seniors want to live in walkable communities. This announcement lead to the following coverage:

• Curbed, Seniors want walkability too, survey says
• Senior Housing News, Walkability May Be Key For Future Senior Living Developments
• Builder, Seniors want walkability too, survey says
• Realtor Magazine, Walkable Areas Are Getting More Competition
• Professional Builder, Survey: Older Americans Value Walkable Neighborhoods
• The M Report, Developers: Keep Grandma In Mind
• McKnight’s Senior Living, Walkable location a surprising draw for assisted living living prospects
• NCCM, What We’re Reading: Walkability to Serve Seniors and Their Communities

This is just a small sample of the coverage we earned throughout the year. We are proud that A Place for Mom is able to provide such a valuable, well-researched resource to seniors, their families and its partner communities. For even more content, we hope you will visit www.aplaceformom.com