15-02-2025
Jewish Home to add 160 units, demand for senior housing high in Rochester area
BRIGHTON, N.Y. (WROC) — The need of senior housing continues to grow in the Rochester Marie Cook, president of senior care nonprofit Lifespan, says that an estimated 1,000 units of housing are needed to fulfill the Rochester area's need.
'People want to remain in their community, and so to have an abundance of housing that they can choose is great for everybody,' she said.
Cook added that the city of Rochester alone has had a 64% increase in older adults in the last ten years: the highest of any city or county in the state.
She says affordable housing is the greatest need, but the addition of any new units are welcome, like Lilac Grove at the Jewish Home.
The complex has 90 rental units that are market-rate for people 62 or older. Michael King, CEO of Jewish Home, says the main appeal for these kinds of rental units is to have flexibility, connection to people their age, and close access to Jewish Home's 14 lines of services.
'If you walk out of the apartment, and need outpatient therapy or occupational therapy, you can walk out of the apartment, come over, and we can provide those services to you,' King said.
70 more independent units to the Summit at Brighton on the Jewish home campus in the next handful of years.
Cook at Lifespan says there is state funding in the proposed budget that could help, but she says this problem can't be solved by building alone.
'We help older adults to support them at home for as long as possible before they'll need to be moved into other types of housing,' she said.
You can learn more about Lilac Grove and Jewish Home here.
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