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myLifeSite Blog Archives provides information and guidance on senior living, life plan communities, CCRCs, independent living, and closely related topics from myLifeSite.

How to Spot and Stop Elder Fraud

If you watch the nightly news, it seems like nearly every week there is a story about a new fraud scheme that is being used to target seniors. Unfortunately, criminals are getting more and more sophisticated in their tactics, making it difficult to keep up with the latest ways they use both technology and psychology [...]

By |2024-05-27T15:55:04-04:00June 10th, 2019|
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What Does “Independent Living” Mean in Senior Living?

As a follow up to my recent blog posts on the challenges of comparing continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and comparing rental retirement communities to CCRCs, I wanted to share with you the different ways that the term "independent living" is used in the senior living industry. Spoiler alert: It is a phrase that is [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:42:07-04:00June 3rd, 2019|
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Senior Year: Blending Senior Living with Lifelong Learning

It’s graduation season, and high schools and universities across the country are celebrating the accomplishments of their students. But for many people, their love of learning doesn’t end in young adulthood. I read an article this week about a 93-year-old retired optometrist named Lewis Taub, who has just audited his 50th class at Skidmore College, [...]

By |2023-08-04T19:46:34-04:00May 27th, 2019|
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Why Is Comparing CCRCs So Difficult?

You’ve examined the various senior living options, from remaining in your current home to moving to a age-restricted retirement community, and you’ve decided that the continuum of care and amenities offered by a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, or life plan community) is the right decision for you. Now, it’s time to choose the CCRC [...]

By |2023-08-04T17:30:44-04:00May 20th, 2019|
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Comparing Rental Retirement Communities and Life Plan Communities

When comparing rental retirement communities and life plan communities, aka, CCRC or “continuing care retirement community," there are some important details to consider. Sometimes the options look quite similar at a glance, and some of the distinguishing characteristics may not always be immediately obvious. In this post I want to provide some clarity about the [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:42:24-04:00May 13th, 2019|
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Which is Better: An Independent Caregiver or Home Care Agency?

Long-term care is generally defined as a range of supportive services needed to meet an individual’s personal care needs over an extended period of time. Often, long-term care is not medical care; instead, it is help with everyday personal tasks, sometimes referred to as activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), although [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:42:25-04:00May 6th, 2019|
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In a Good Place: Enjoying Retirement in a CCRC

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with two residents of Henry Ford Village (HFV) in Dearborn, Michigan. Let’s call them Dan and Mary. They were not a couple but had become friends over their time living in this continuing care retirement community (CCRC, or life plan community). I asked Dan and Mary the two [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:42:25-04:00April 29th, 2019|
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How the Scents of Childhood Can Benefit Alzheimer’s Patients

On May 21, I'm scheduled to speak at River’s Edge, New York City's first and only life plan community (also known as a continuing care retirement community or CCRC). River’s Edge is an innovative community being developed by a not-for-profit organization called RiverSpring Health, which also operates several other senior living and senior healthcare properties [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:42:26-04:00April 22nd, 2019|
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Is It Really Better to Get Post-Acute Care at Home?

For anyone who has spent time in a hospital for an illness, injury, or other health issue, you know that being discharged is typically a welcome event—your condition has improved enough to no longer require acute care. However, in this day and age of managed healthcare, the decision to discharge a patient also takes into [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:42:26-04:00April 15th, 2019|
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Making Meaningful Use of Seniors’ Time & Talents

The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others. — Mahatma Gandhi It’s a refreshing bright spot in an oftentimes-bleak news landscape to learn about the ways that people are making a positive difference in the world around them. A story caught my eye this week about a group [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:42:26-04:00April 8th, 2019|
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