The “next generation of senior living” will soon come to Tysons with the opening of The Mather, a “life plan community” coming to the Westpark area across from Tysons Galleria this spring. It will be the fourth community for Mather, an 84 year old not-for-profit providing luxury retirement living to seniors, as well as running the Mather Institute, a research institute on aging.
But what exactly is a “life plan community” — and what makes its approach “the next generation of senior living” for its residents?