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What If There’s No Space in the CCRC Healthcare Center When I Need It?

The distinguishing—even defining—feature of a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, or life plan community) is contractually-provided access to a “continuum of care,” which typically includes independent living, assisted living, memory care, and/or skilled nursing care; each of these services is usually offered on-site (although not always). I wrote a blog post about the “continuum of [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:43:34-04:00March 26th, 2018|
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Ensuring Proper Nutrition for Seniors (…and How CCRCs Can Help)

March is National Nutrition Month. Created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, this annual campaign puts a spotlight on the importance of making informed choices about food and developing healthy habits around eating and physical activity. When it comes to proper nutrition for older people, it’s important that their loved ones be attuned to their [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:43:35-04:00March 19th, 2018|
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It’s the Lifestyle! by Guest Author and Royal Oaks Resident Karen Shane

By Karen Shane The following story is part of a joint project between myLifeSite and Senior Correspondent where we ask people to report on their senior living decision process.  From our marriage on the plains of Nebraska 59 years ago at 18, John and I have led a peripatetic lifestyle, one that we were not inclined to readily abandon. [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:43:35-04:00March 16th, 2018|
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How Do I Know If I’ll Be Happy Living in This CCRC?

When making a decision about moving to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, also called a life plan community), there are a lot of different factors to consider. It's certainly vital to understand the financial implications and contract details, but there’s something else just as (or maybe even more) important to consider, and you won’t [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:43:36-04:00March 5th, 2018|
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What If I Change My Mind About Moving to a CCRC?

Most everyone has made a purchase of some type that they later regretted. Maybe it was an impractical pair of shoes, a puppy that destroyed your living room sofa, or even a vehicle that didn’t live up to your expectations. Such buyer’s remorse can leave you kicking yourself for your impulsiveness or for making an [...]

By |2023-08-04T20:01:45-04:00February 26th, 2018|
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Dealing with the Dementia Communication Barrier

Dementia is not one specific disease. Instead, it’s a general term used to describe a decline in mental capabilities, such as memory issues, that are severe enough to affect activities of daily living (ADLs). Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, accounting for around 70 percent of diagnoses, but there are other types too, [...]

By |2023-08-04T20:12:34-04:00February 19th, 2018|
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Expanding Freedom- by guest writer and CCRC resident, Julia Wood

By Julia Wood The following story is part of a joint project between myLifeSite and Senior Correspondent where we ask people to report on their senior living decision process.  When my husband and I retired from 40-year faculty careers, we were in our sixties, healthy and active, so we had no interest in a senior community. Maybe later, we [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:43:38-04:00January 31st, 2018|
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Eight Years of Research, but Well Worth It- by guest author and CCRC resident, Janice Daniel

By Janice Daniel The following story is part of a joint project between myLifeSite and Senior Correspondent where we ask people to report on their senior living decision process.  2003 was an important year for my husband, Dave, and me.  That is when we first learned about CCRC’s. As we approached our senior years we knew it was vital to [...]

By |2023-08-04T20:17:04-04:00January 31st, 2018|
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A New View of Retirement, by guest author Bob Marshall

By Bob Marshall The following story is part of a joint project between myLifeSite and Senior Correspondent where we ask people to report on their senior living decision process.  I had lost a spouse. My instinct was to remain close to all that was familiar, my friends and community. But over a period of months, it became clear that [...]

By |2023-10-06T17:40:35-04:00January 25th, 2018|
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The Meaningful Difference, by guest author Sue Blaustein

The following story is part of a joint project between myLifeSite and Senior Correspondent where we ask people to report on their senior living decision process.  By Sue Blaustein Those of us currently living in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) would agree that researching retirement living options required our analytical thinking and emotional energy for multiple years. My [...]

By |2023-09-30T15:58:14-04:00January 25th, 2018|
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