• 1 Primer on Key Issues in Seniors Housing.- 2 Overview of Seniors Housing.- 3 Value Influences Past, Present and Future.- 4 1996 Acquisition Markets Senior Housing and Long-Term Care Industries.- 5 The Evolution and Status of Seniors Housing Terminology: a Review and Analysis by Services, Product Types, and Political Jurisdictions.- 6 Toward Standardizing Seniors Housing: Industry Definitions by Project Type.- 7 Retirement Housing and Long-Term Health care: Attitudes of the Elderly.- 8 Adapting Demand Methodologies for Assisted Living Market Analysis.- 9 Seniors Housing Investment: How Pension Funds can Obtain Superior Returns, achieve Portfolio Diversification, and Provide Funds for a Needed Housing Product.- 10 Pensions and Seniors Housing.- 11 The Investment Case for Senior Living and Long Term Care Properties in An Institutional Real Estate Portfolio.- 12 Quantifying The Supply of Senior Housing.- 13 Forecasting Seniors Housing Demand.- 14 The Relationship Between Health care Reits and Health Care Stocks.

'Overall, Seniors Housing makes an important and timely contribution to understanding the issues facing this niche market in the real estate industry. It presents a concise introduction to the main issues in seniors housing, and provides in-depth analyses of the demand, supply and business investment issues in the seniors housing industry. Some chapters present high-quality original research, while others lay out an agenda for future research on important issues facing the industry. I recommend Chapters 6 and 13, in particular, for their in-depth and scholarly analyses. This book exemplifies the use of research-based knowledge at the frontiers of industrial application.' Regional Science & Urban Economics, 29:5 (1999)