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The Shared Mindset of Life Plan Communities: Why Choosing a Community for Life Shapes the Resident Experience

When older adults begin exploring senior living options, they often focus on the obvious factors: cost, services, amenities, healthcare access, and location. These are definitely important considerations, but after many years of talking with prospective senior living residents and visiting retirement communities of every variety across the country, I’ve noted another factor that may be [...]

By |2026-03-16T21:29:56-04:00March 16th, 2026|
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Where ‘Financially Qualified’ Meets ‘Financial Confidence’ in a Retirement Community Move

Deciding whether to move into a senior living community is often driven not just by housing needs but by deep emotional, financial, and practical concerns. Many older adults and their loved ones express a similar worry: “I know I qualify financially for this community, but what does that really look like? How might my estate [...]

By |2026-02-23T19:05:44-05:00February 23rd, 2026|
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Helping Prospective Residents Overcome Senior Living Decision Fears

In last week’s blog post, we discussed how making a senior living decision about whether to “age in place” in one’s current home or move to a retirement community can stir up many feelings, including a fear of the unknown. We shared ways older adults can overcome apprehensions in order to find the best option [...]

By |2024-09-23T18:28:02-04:00September 23rd, 2024|
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What Are Your Retirement Community Decision Priorities?

You’ve considered your senior living options, such as remaining in your current home or downsizing, and determined that a retirement community move is the best choice for you. But how do you decide which retirement community is the best fit for your goals? Obviously cost must be taken into consideration, but what are your other [...]

By |2024-04-22T13:49:38-04:00April 23rd, 2024|
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Insider Perspectives on the CCRC Decision Process

We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the newest member of the myLifeSite customer success team, Newell Bowman Dickerman (pictured right). Newell joins us having spent nearly 15 years within the senior living sales and marketing arena. In our conversation, we talked about her experiences working with prospective and current retirement community residents, [...]

By |2024-03-26T10:38:16-04:00March 26th, 2024|
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How the Decision to Have Children Relates to a CCRC Move

This past week, I was honored to speak to a great group of residents and prospects at Freedom Pointe at The Villages, a beautiful continuing care retirement community (CCRC, also called a life plan community) in Florida. After my presentation, I talked with a gentleman who is a resident of the community. He made two [...]

By |2024-03-18T19:35:23-04:00March 19th, 2024|
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Becoming an Educated Senior Living Consumer

This past week, I had the pleasure of speaking to a group at Ventana by Buckner, a beautiful new continuing care retirement community (CCRC, also called a life plan community) in Dallas. It was a great opportunity to interact with prospective residents and help answer some of their questions on topics like financial hesitancy, for-profit [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:14:39-04:00March 29th, 2022|
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Could Moving to a CCRC Secure Your Life’s Legacy?

If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased. —Maya Angelou March marks Women’s History Month, a time when we celebrate the women who have changed our world for the better. Names like Rosa Parks, Anne Frank, and Amelia Earhart might naturally come to mind, but [...]

By |2023-08-03T09:18:18-04:00March 15th, 2022|
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How Psychology Impacts Motivations Behind a Senior Living Move

This week, I was reading about the psychology of human motivations and decision-making. I’m not a psychologist or sociologist, but it is interesting to consider what motivates those people who opt to move to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) or other type of senior living community. Specifically, I was reading about Abraham Maslow, who [...]

By |2024-12-23T21:49:22-05:00March 8th, 2022|
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