Naturally occurring retirement communities

found: Work cat.: U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Naturally occurring retirement communities : a model for aging in place, hearing ... 2006:t.p. (naturally occurring retirement communities) p. 1 (NORC)

found: Supportive services programs in naturally occurring retirement communities, 2004:p. iv (naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs). An NORC is a community with a large proportion of older people residing within a defined geographic area. It is distinguished from other areas that also have high concentrations of older residents, such as assisted living communities or continuing care retirement communities, in that it is "naturally occurring," that is, it was not designed specifically as a community for older people but rather evolved in such a way that a large proportion of its residents are older)

found: Educational alliance website, May 8, 2007(the Educational Alliance was at the forefront of the NORC movement ... this effort resulted in funding for what are now known as Naturally Occuring Retirement Communities, or NORCs)