Aging in Place runner up for word of the year

I came across this snippet yesterday--Oxford University Press gave a nod to Aging in Place as a runner up for the 2007 word of the year.

"Locavore" got the top honor (that means someone who tries to eat foods grown/produced locally.) In the justification is was noted that the past year as seen a strong trend in that direction (which I can confirm, it's certainly at evidence in our home.)

So, can we assume that the nomination of Aging in Place for the honor is also supported by a strong trend? Certainly the phrase is not a new one, it was becoming well used six years ago when we began work on In Your Home. Is it now rising to the awareness of dictionary publishers everywhere because of the trend's momentum? Let's hope so.

OUP defines Aging in Place as "the process of growing older while living in one’s own residence, instead of having to move to a new home or community."

I'll leave it to them as to why it is considered a single word.

http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/locavore