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Navigating the myriad details and nuances associated with senior living, particulary when it comes to continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs or ‘life plan communities’) can be overwhelming. Sometimes it is tough just to know where to start or what questions to ask.

The myLifeSite blog includes hundreds of articles on senior living, CCRCs, independent living, caregiving, retirement planning, and closely related topics. The articles are informative and unbiased, and you can find specific topics you are interested in using the keyword search tool.

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Suppose you are researching several different retirement communities. One of them is an independent living community and the other two are continuing care retirement communities. How can you best compare them to one another. What are the trade-offs to consider? An article like this one might help: Avoid This  Mistake When Comparing Retirement Communities.

Or, perhaps you would like an indepth and unbiased explanation of how various entry fee models work at continuing care retirement communities. In that case you may find an article like this one to be helpful: A Closer Look at Entry Fees.

Or, maybe you are interested in statistics about long-term care and how long people often need it. Here’s a helpful article on this topic: So I’ll Probably Need Long Term Care, But For How Long?

Thank you for checking out the myLifeSite Blog. We hope you’ll find what you are looking for as you considering your retirement living options.

 

 

Which Senior Living Community Is Right for You? Part 1: Rental Retirement Communities

Most car owners know that there are pros and cons when it comes to buying versus leasing a car. The same is true for entry fee, equity, and rental retirement communities: Each senior living model has potential advantages and disadvantages for residents. In the coming weeks, we will take a closer look at each of [...]

By |2023-07-21T15:23:13-04:00March 14th, 2023|
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Senior Living Community, Leaving an Inheritance: Is It an Either-Or?

There was a great interview-article in Forbes last year entitled “Dilemma: Senior Living Facility or Kids’ Inheritance?” In it, financial expert Larry Light interviewed Certified Financial Planner Rick Kahler about many seniors’ desire to leave their adult children an inheritance. The interview explored the common concern that opting to move to a senior living community [...]

By |2024-03-07T14:37:58-05:00March 7th, 2023|
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Creating a More Successful Senior Living Direct Mail Campaign

If you are in sales and marketing for a senior living community, such as a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) or a rental retirement community, you know that it can be tricky to get prospects on-site. Whether you are striving to get folks to take a tour, come for an event, or simply build awareness, [...]

By |2023-08-16T15:47:45-04:00February 28th, 2023|
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Finding The Perfect Match: Senior Dating and Relationships

It’s Valentine’s Day, which means love is in the air for many seniors. Of course, a lot of older people have been in long-term relationships spanning numerous decades, but as the years march on, many seniors find themselves alone — be it single, divorced, or widowed — and looking for love and/or companionship. But senior [...]

By |2023-02-13T16:36:38-05:00February 14th, 2023|
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Evaluating Care, Quality, and Access at a CCRC’s Healthcare Center

It is a bit ironic that when you move to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, or life plan community), you hope to never need one of its defining characteristics: the onsite healthcare center. But as we wrote about a few weeks ago, the odds are that at some point, you will require some level [...]

By |2023-02-06T21:43:00-05:00February 7th, 2023|
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Marketing Your CCRC with a Compelling Story About Affordability

Marketing a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, or life plan community) is crucial to a CCRC’s success. Why? Because CCRCs need to have high occupancy rates in order to remain financially viable. In essence, residents who live in the independent living portion of a CCRC cost the community less and thus their fees help subsidize [...]

By |2023-08-05T18:01:18-04:00January 31st, 2023|
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Finding Your Happy Place: Tips for Choosing a CCRC Residential Unit

We’ve all heard the number one rule in real estate: location, location, location. It’s really no different for a residential unit within a continuing care retirement community (CCRC or life plan community). Choosing the residence that is right for you is crucial to your satisfaction with your CCRC decision, and indeed, your happiness. After all, [...]

By |2023-08-05T16:39:02-04:00January 24th, 2023|
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What Will My Long-Term Care Cost?

In last week’s blog post, we dug into the important topic of how long the average person might expect to require long-term care services. It’s a complex question, and of course there is no predicting the future, but approximately 70 percent of those who turned 65 in 2020 will require some degree of long-term care [...]

By |2024-01-19T17:55:41-05:00January 17th, 2023|
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Common Questions About 55+ Active Adult Communities

Among the many senior living options available in today’s marketplace is the “active adult community.” But what exactly does this term mean, and what distinguishes an active adult community from other senior living options? Here are answers to some of the questions people commonly have about this particular type of community. Q: What is an [...]

By |2023-08-05T16:23:04-04:00January 3rd, 2023|
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