Frequently Asked Questions

Who can benefit from My LifeSite?

Anyone who is researching and analyzing retirement living options for themselves or a loved one can benefit from the solutions provided by My LifeSite. Additionally, those who provide guidance in a professional capacity can also benefit from using My LifeSite with their clients and prospects. Our users include consumers, financial advisors, senior living consultants, accountants, and representatives of retirement communities.

Your website appears to place particular emphasis on providing information about continuing care retirement communities. Why is that the case?

Continuing care retirement communities, often referred to as CCRCs or “life plan communities,” are an increasingly popular, but often complex, retirement living choice. The type of residency contract offered and the corresponding pricing model can vary dramatically from one provider to the next. The complexity of the contract(s) tends to make it more difficult for consumers to research and compare options. We aim to break down the complexity and provide you with the important information you need.

Where do you get your information for the community profile reports available in your retirement community database?

Recognizing the need for more and better information on CCRCs, My LifeSite seeks to be the go-to source for comprehensive and unbiased information on continuing care retirement communities. Learn more about how we get our data

Do the retirement communities featured in your database pay My LifeSite to be listed?

No. In order to feature as many retirement communities as possible we do not charge retirement living providers to be listed. We encourage all retirement communities to provide the information we require in order to build a profile report, at no cost.

Why can’t I find the retirement community I am looking for in your database?

We currently cover ten states in our database: CA, TX, IN, IL, FL, NC, VA, MD, CT, and NJ. We plan to cover additional states in the future.

If you search our database for one of the states we cover and cannot find the retirement community that you are looking it is likely due to the fact that it does not meet the state’s definition of a continuing care retirement community. In this case we would rely on the provider to directly make available to us the necessary information and documents that we require in order to build a complete profile.

I represent a retirement community and would like to include a report about our community in the My LifeSite database. How can I do this and is there a charge?

There is no charge to have a community profile report included in My LifeSite’s database. All we require is a copy of your most recent disclosure statement, sample resident contract, and audited financials. You may send these to us either by email or by clicking here. Once the profile report is prepared we will send it to you for review.