Nursing homes provide residential care for patients who need around-the-clock medical attention. The National Center for Health Statistics reports that nearly two-thirds of nursing home residents are over the age …
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Will Florida Retirees Find Affordable Housing with Live Local Act?
Florida has a growing population. It also trails Maine with the second highest population of residents who are 65 or older. Finding affordable homes for the state’s influx of older …
Continue ReadingDemand for Housing Affordability for Older Adults
Developers and housing authorities are investing in senior housing projects. Investments are essential as members of the baby boomer generation grow older. Affordable housing is an increasing concern for seniors …
Continue ReadingWhat Did the Pandemic Teach Us About Senior Housing?
The United States, like the rest of the world, will experience an increasing need in the coming decades for senior housing that is safe, affordable, and accessible. The population of …
Continue ReadingWhat Is a Life Plan Community?
Life Plan Communities blend several senior housing options within the same property. Life Plan Communities are also known as Continuing Care Retirement Communities. Many CCRCs decided to rebrand as Life …
Continue ReadingHelping Parents Decide: Age at Home or Move to a Retirement Community?
Parents who reach their retirement years often ask their children for advice about the future. Should they remain in the family home or downsize? If they downsize, should they buy …
Continue ReadingWill There Be a Senior Housing Shortage? Looking Into the Future
During the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, seniors dramatically slowed the rate at which they moved into senior housing facilities. Occupancy has not returned to pre-pandemic levels, but …
Continue ReadingThe Whys and Hows of Family Councils
Robert Kriegel says it was a hefty hike of 5.5{d0e74b8a3596e4326b45924d39792f257a1f9983beed4201831d386befd3d18e} in fees at his lifecare community in San Francisco that provided the impetus. A small group of residents who played …
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