While a number of stories have highlighted Obama's willingness to change Social Security by raising the age levels for eligibility, this does not appear to have affected support from the senior segments of Democrats.
The Senior Housing segment includes independent living facilities, assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities, which cater to different segments of the elderly population based upon their needs.
However, the hotel industry is becoming increasingly interested in the senior tourist segment, a population group that prefers hotel-type accommodation to other more inexpensive alternatives, even in periods of economic uncertainty.
"We'd like to see what the appetite for this device is but we recognise the senior user segment as a new market for us to target, so we will be considering other devices for these users in the future," a spokesperson says.
Prior to joining Piper, Quam served as President and CEO of the $30 billion Public and Senior Markets Segment at UnitedHealth Group, serving the health needs of more than 10 million older and low income Americans.
The senior population, one segment perhaps most influenced by the physical features of an environment, has been understudied.
According to Scott Welch, a senior producer, the segment was broadcast over some 2,000 outlets in the United States, in addition to being carried in more than 50 other countries.
As a viable consumer business segment, seniors are attractive enough to warrant potential MSNSs to invest necessary capital for developing tourism related MSNS designed to assist with this market's decision making and ultimately with their purchasing behavior.
"Those investors have amassed big chunks of the senior debt of the segment of Energy Future Holdings that houses the retail and power-generation business.
