As we step into 2025, the senior living industry continues to evolve, bringing new insights, trends, and stories that are shaping the way we approach aging and retirement. Let’s take a look at myLifeSite’s top senior living blog posts of 2024 — highlighting the most useful and thought-provoking topics we covered for older adults, their families, and senior living industry professionals.
2024’s top senior living blog posts
Families frequently are confronted with an array of difficult decisions when it comes to moving a loved one into an assisted living community. If they have never dealt with such a situation before, they often will have a lot of questions about costs and how assisted living community payments work. This blog post discusses the fees you can expect to pay and what costs might (or might not) be covered by government programs or long-term care insurance plans.
Although there is a growing emphasis on making senior living more affordable, especially for the average middle-income retiree (and rightly so), research shows that the demand for high-end, luxury senior living is also on the rise. As more retirees enter the high-income bracket, the industry is seeing an increase in the development of diverse communities designed to cater to these affluent prospective residents. We examine the growing market for luxury senior living communities in this blog post.
Unfortunately, some people wait too long to make a move to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC or life plan community) and therefore can’t obtain a continuing care/life plan contract because of a decline in their health or a sudden acute health problem. In this post, we look at the types of health issues or conditions that might prevent you from moving into a CCRC and why moving sooner rather than later might be wise.
One of the questions we most often get is about the various types and details of different CCRC contracts. In this popular blog post, we provide a comprehensive overview of the different CCRC contract options, along with some key details that are important for prospective residents to understand.
And myLifeSite’s most viewed senior living blog post from 2024 was…
Many CCRCs require an entry fee, some or all of which may be refundable to the resident or their heirs. While some prospects view these refundable entry fee contracts as offering more financial security, such entry fees are typically higher as compared to traditional CCRC contracts. In this blog post, we examine the pros and cons of each entry fee scenario to help you determine which contract type may best meet your preferences and needs.
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The myLifeSite team wishes you a healthy and happy 2025!
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