4 Ways CCRCs Help Seniors Stay Healthy
A quick glance at the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA’s) World Factbook, which tracks life expectancy at birth for every country in the world, revealed a surprising truth: In 2016, with a life expectancy of 79.8 years, the United States was only ranked 42 out of 224 countries. I don’t know about you, but I would [...]
4 Must-Dos of Retirement Planning
A recent study conducted by Merrill Lynch (in collaboration with Age Wave) sought to determine which areas of life are the top priorities of Americans so that financial planners could offer better advice on retirement planning. While of course people’s priorities shift and evolve over time, this “Finances in Retirement: New Challenges, New Solutions” study [...]
Are CCRC Refundable Entry Fee Contracts a Good Deal?
According to data collected at myLifeSite, about three quarters of all continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs, or “life plan communities”) require an entry fee, and about 80 percent of these offer a refundable entry fee, with 50 percent and 90 percent refunds being the most popular. It isn’t uncommon for one community to offer a [...]
Home Healthcare Provider vs. Home Care Provider
While the retirement community industry continues to grow, a majority of older adults still say they prefer to stay in their own homes–at least as long as possible. While this decision to stay in the existing house may seem like the most economical option on the surface, cost-effectiveness can quickly diminish if home care services [...]
Do Your Loved Ones TRULY Understand Your End-of-Life Wishes?
Our recent blog post on the importance and value of compassionate hospice care got a lot of attention. In it, I talk about how hospice caregivers can help people have a good life, all the way to the end, making life’s final stages as meaningful as possible, free of suffering, and helping the person [...]
4 Key Factors of the CCRC Decision Process
Making a decision about senior living is among the biggest choices you will make in your life…It’s way up there on the list anyway! Perhaps you have already decided that you want the long-term security of a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, also called a life plan community), but there are so many things to [...]