http://www.ecumen.org/whitepaper.html) was written on Ecumen's behalf by journalist Frank Jossi. In it, Jossi articulates the dramatic role that the aforementioned individual choice has come to mean in the development of senior communities.
"Say goodbye to drab, institutional environments with long dimly lit hallways, awful food and cheerless common areas," begins Jossi. "In their stead, comes new senior housing (