Naturally Occurring Retirement Community

A NORC is a community that has a large proportion (40% or more) of residents over 55. These communities are not planned or designed to meet the needs of seniors but occur naturally. These communities might be an apartment complex or a neighbourhood of houses with an aging population.

In this CBC article find out how some communities are bringing eldercare to their NORCs: Bringing services to where seniors already live could be an alternative to long-term care, experts say | CBC Radio.

Learn more about NORCS from the NORC Innovation Centre is Canada’s first centre dedicated to advancing a 21st century model of integrated health and social care in naturally-occurring retirement communities (NORC). The Centre is based out of the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Canada.