Residences at Rancho La Puerta were designed to incorporate the surrounding environment and maximize sustainability .
We began to have conversations about how to inspire the community and inspire others to develop in the way that we believe the area should be developed — that means sustainable practices and environmentally conscious developments . We thought that creating a community next to the Ranch was one of the best ways to do that .”
— ROBERTO ARJONA , CEO , Rancho La Puerta all well-being , and that both attributes were ignored by previous models of senior living that isolated retirees among their own age groups . Kyricos puts it succinctly : “ The way we ’ ve been doing senior living has gotten it wrong . We ’ ve shortened people ’ s lives , because now we understand what really affects our well-being — yes , it ’ s the environment around us and how we eat , but it ’ s also having a sense of purpose . In multigenerational homes in Europe and elsewhere , people feel they have purpose until the last day of their life .” A shift to a wellness community model for those in life ’ s later acts provides an opportunity to recalibrate retirement living around pur-
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