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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.

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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Choosing a CCRC That Will Keep Its Promises (and What to Do If It Doesn’t!)

As I often discuss in my blog posts, among the advantages of picking a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, also known as a life plan community) over other types of senior living communities is the contractually guaranteed provision of housing and services along the continuum of care, typically ranging from independent living to assisted living [...]

By |2024-03-06T21:48:49-05:00January 15th, 2018|
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Ready to Sell? Tips for Preparing Your Home for the Real Estate Market

I’ve always loved this time of year. With the busy holidays over, the new year offers a sense of renewal and opportunity; it’s a great time to make a fresh start! Perhaps, after discussions with loved ones over the holidays, you've made the resolution to move to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, or life [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:44:42-04:00January 8th, 2018|
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A Guide to Understanding Annuities

If you are a regular follower of my blog, you know that I normally write on senior living-related issues, most often about continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs, also called life plan communities). Choosing a retirement community, particularly a CCRC, is a big financial decision, which is why I want to dig into a tangent topic [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:44:42-04:00January 1st, 2018|
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A Look Back: Our Top Senior Living Blog Posts from 2017

Happy holidays! It’s hard to believe that 2018 is just a few days away. As we look forward to the new year, we also like to look back at the year that is now in our rearview mirror. Here are our five most popular blog posts from 2017... #5 CCRC vs. Rental Retirement Community: What [...]

By |2023-09-30T15:12:14-04:00December 25th, 2017|
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Encore Careers for Seniors: Finding Job Satisfaction…Again

While writing last week’s post on seniors and happiness, I was reminded of a recent conversation I had with a retiree—a 68-year-old “snowbird” who winters at a senior living community in Florida. He retired almost 10 years ago from teaching high school, and since then, he has been working 6 months of the year as a [...]

By |2024-12-23T21:23:32-05:00December 11th, 2017|
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For the Love of Music, by guest author and CCRC resident, Missie Greenwood

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 Missie Greenwood Even now I am teaching myself to play the organ. It may sound strange to others that here, in a retirement community, in my eighth decade, I am learning and [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:44:44-04:00December 6th, 2017|
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What is the Happiest Age? (You Might Be Surprised by the Answer!)

What age group of adults would you think is the happiest? If most people were to guess, I’d venture to say that they’d assume people in their 20s and 30s are the most content. Why wouldn’t they be, right? They are young and likely healthy; they have their whole life ahead of them, full of [...]

By |2024-08-22T08:59:29-04:00December 4th, 2017|
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