Best Cities for Senior Care

Our friends at "Sperlings" have come up with an interesting study. Rather than consider locations that are best for ACTIVE seniors, they put together the places that are best and worst for senior care. These would include adult care centers, senior assisted living, and infrastructure that is senior friendly. Their top choices are:

1. Portland, OR
2. Seattle, WA
3. San Francisco, CA
4. Pittsburgh, PA
5. Milwaukee, WI
6. Philadelphia, PA
7. New York, NY
8. Boston, MA
9. Cincinnati, OH
10. Chicago, IL

This especially makes sense as we consider the distribution of older adults across the U.S. Let's face it, these cities have large and growing older adults (not defined as "retirees.")

So, where do the say the worst cities are? They are:

50. Passaic, NJ
49. Miami, FL
48. Nassau-Suffolk, NY
47. Orange County, CA
46. Riverside-San Bernardino, CA

Here is their methodology: The data categories include health, economy, transportation, housing, social, crime, environment, disease, and spiritual. Each data category was statistically weighted to reflect the needs of the senior population, and the 50 largest U.S. cities received points based on their relation to the other cities' scores in that data category. Categories were suggested by senior living experts from the International Longevity Center, Health and Human Services, and Bankers Life.