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Continuing care retirement communities, often referred to as CCRCs or “life plan communities,” are a popular, but often complex, retirement living choice. Although we focus broadly on all types of senior living providers, the residency contract(s) and corresponding pricing models at life plan communities can vary dramatically from one to the next. The complexity of the contract(s) and other important factors make it more difficult for consumers to research and compare options. We aim to break through the complexity with our decision-making tools and content resources.
myLifeSite helps consumers as well as industry providers. Most of myLifeSite’s revenue comes from senior living providers who use our financial decision tools, content resources, and community profile reports to add value for prospective residents who are navigating their options. Yet we also provide a great deal of helpful content directly to consumers because we firmly believe in the power of an educated consumer.
At this time we do not provide personal consultations with consumers. Instead, we provide an abundance of online guidance and content resources that can help you save time and make better-informed decisions.
No, we don’t feel this is in your best interest and we do not want a business model that is dependent on you moving into a retirement community. Our goal is to provide information to help you make the best decision. Some of our website visitors may ultimately decide not to move into a retirement community, and that’s fine too. Rather than paying referral fees, the retirement communities featured on our site pay a reasonable annual fee to ensure that you have free access to information that helps support your decision process.
Recognizing the need for more and better information myLifeSite seeks to be the go-to source for comprehensive and unbiased information on continuing care retirement communities and other senior living providers. The data shown in our community profile reports is provided to us directly from the retirement community, who can update their information anytime. This ensures more accurate and up-to-date information.
We review all information submitted to us by the retirement communities on our website before making them live on our website. This does not mean we can guarantee the accuracy of every detail provided, but if we ever discover that a community has misrepresented itself on our website we’ll address the issue immediately for correction or even removal from our website.
Retirement communities operate under different pricing models. Some may cost more today but cost comparatively less in the future if care is needed, and vice-versa. Some may be all-inclusive, while others may offer services a-la-carte. For these reasons, filtering by price can be misleading.
If you’re searching for a retirement community on myLifeSite and it doesn’t currently have a full profile available, we hope you will contact a representative of the community and encourage them to join the site. They can contact us here. The more communities we have represented on myLifeSite, the better it will be for you and for the industry. A win-win.
We believe the retirement communities on our site value accuracy and transparency in the information provided and also recognize that anything short of this will ultimately be harmful to their organization. Although myLifeSite cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information, we do review the information thoroughly before we make it active on our site and will follow up with the community if there is anything in question. If we learn that a retirement community intentionally mis-represents their information on myLifeSite we will ask for immediate correction or will remove their profile from the site.