How the Scents of Childhood Can Benefit Alzheimer’s Patients
On May 21, I'm scheduled to speak at River’s Edge, New York City's first and only life plan community (also known as a continuing care retirement community or CCRC). River’s Edge is an innovative community [...]
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Is It Really Better to Get Post-Acute Care at Home?
For anyone who has spent time in a hospital for an illness, injury, or other health issue, you know that being discharged is typically a welcome event—your condition has improved enough to no longer require [...]
Making Meaningful Use of Seniors’ Time & Talents
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others. — Mahatma Gandhi It’s a refreshing bright spot in an oftentimes-bleak news landscape to learn about the ways that people [...]
Resources to Reduce the Stress of Moving to a CCRC
People tell me all the time that one of the big hurdles holding them back from making a move to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, or life plan community)—or really any retirement community—is not [...]
How Financial Confidence Impacts Your CCRC Decision Process
Choosing to move to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC or “life plan community”) is no doubt a big decision, involving aspects related to housing, lifestyle, healthcare, and certainly finances. For most potential residents of [...]
Saying Goodbye: How a CCRC Helps Residents Grieving the Loss of a Spouse
The death of a spouse or partner is one of the most difficult losses a person can suffer. The person you have shared your life with, raised a family with, weathered ups and downs with [...]
The States with the Most CCRCs Per Senior Might Surprise You!
At a recent speaking event at an Arizona continuing care retirement community (CCRC or life plan community), someone mentioned to me that they assumed that the state of Arizona would have a lot of CCRCs [...]