Hi everyone. On today’s episode of Looking Forward, we’re going to focus on trends, opportunities, and the future of senior living communities. We’re also going to hear some great tips on how you or someone in your family can choose the right senior living community. When we discuss the topic of senior living, we’re more and more speaking about where the baby boomers live or want to live. To help us do that, we’ve brought on expert in the field of senior living. She’s Barbara Kleger.

Barbara Kleger has been serving the senior housing industry since 1978 when she was Vice President of a public company that developed Continuing Care Retirement Communities in the Eastern United States. Barbara now serves as President of Kleger Associates, a division of KD Partners, LLC. The company specializes in strategic planning, consumer research and marketing solutions for the mature market.

During her career she has been active in many organizations and boards serving both the retirement industry and the senior consumer. Barbara’s specialties include consumer research, staff training, and marketing for age-targeted lifestyles and communities, including continuing care retirement communities, independent living, 55+ active lifestyle communities, senior living, and assisted living.