Senior Living, and When Does Gen X Move In? With Neil Nagraj and Laura House

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of senior housing and care, featuring insights from experts Neil Nagraj and Laura House.

Senior care advisor Neil Nagraj and podcaster Laura House join Vanessa to talk about the impossible math of senior housing: when aging in place stops working, what assisted living actually is, and why so many families wait for a crisis before making a plan. Also discussed: memory care, Medicaid myths, long-term care insurance, and Gen X’s grim future. Learn more about Neil’s company, The Senior Housing Authority . For more from Laura, listen to How’s Your Boomer? or subscribe to the newsletter .

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa Grigoriadis

Guests: Neil Nagraj, Laura House

Topics covered

• senior housing
• assisted living
• memory care
• Medicaid myths
• long-term care insurance
• Gen X

Keywords

• senior care
• aging in place
• crisis planning
• long-term care
• Gen X future

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Senior Housing Authority

Books & works: How’s Your Boomer?

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