Monday, November 16, 2009

The disconnect of where U live & access to stores, doctors, recreation, and related activity centers.

AgeLab / Projects / Independent Living and Caregiving
AGING IN-PLACE OR AGING-IN-NO-PLACE

AgeLab researchers, in collaboration with the MIT Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, are conducting an assessment of available services to baby boomers and older adults in suburban areas. Using geographical information systems (GIS), researchers are identifying the disconnect of where we live and the access we have to stores, doctors, recreation, and related activity centers.