TigerPlace, a group of residential apartments for active seniors, officially opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 10, 2004. The privately run facility is the result of collaboration between the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing and Americare, a national healthcare agency.

TigerPlace is one of four pilot "aging in place" sites approved by the State of Missouri. The purpose of the program is to create innovative approaches that combine gracious retirement living with flexible health-care services that change with the residents' needs. Nursing services are provided by the nursing staff of Senior Care, a practice of the MU Sinclair School of Nursing. In addition, the facility features walking trails, gardens, professionally designed living spaces and new technology that includes a wireless communication system and devices designed to detect if someone has fallen.

TigerPlace incorporates graduate and undergraduate students from a nearly all of the university's schools and colleges into its daily activities. Nursing students are present for health care; agriculture students help with landscaping; and business and engineering students collaborate to create and market innovative technology suited for senior citizens.

For more information, visit the TigerPlace homepage.