Why Is Senior Living Terminology So Confusing?

If you’ve ever traveled to a country where you didn’t speak the language, you may have an idea of how it can sometimes feel to be a senior living prospect. In addition to all the other considerations in the decision process, prospects also must break through the clutter of the industry's senior living terminology. This [...]

By |2025-01-27T13:59:33-05:00January 27th, 2025|

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|

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|

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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