Founded in 1995, Mia Senior Living Solutions is a social business providing affordable care and living facilities for seniors in Florida. Conchy Bretos, the CEO and founder, was named one of America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs of 2011 by Bloomberg Businessweek and was also awarded an Ashoka fellowship in 2010. In the 1990s, she was Florida's secretary of aging and adult services and according to Businessweek, "saw senior citizens living in decrepit public housing," which prompted her to create assisted-living programs for low-income seniors.
What is more, Bretos wished to find a way to help people who were prematurely placed in a nursing home. "Our mission is to produce as many affordable assisted-living beds as we can," she told Businessweek.
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Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Affordable Senior Living
- The trend towards creating affordable senior living facilities will continue to grow as demand increases for accessible care.
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Increasing numbers of social entrepreneurs will be inspired to create businesses that provide solutions to affordable assisted-living services.
- Innovative Aging Solutions
- There will be a trend towards developing new and innovative solutions for assisted-living care for low-income seniors.
Where This Applies
- Senior Care
- The senior care industry needs to invest in innovative solutions that will give low-income seniors a better standard of living in an assisted environment.
- Social Entrepreneurship
- The social entrepreneurship industry will experience growth in response to the increasing demand for better and more affordable solutions for senior living facilities.
- Housing
- The housing industry needs new solutions in order to provide affordable assisted-living facilities for low-income seniors.
