Senior Living Companies Selling Homes?

Things don’t always go as planned, and for many retirees, the plan of selling the house and moving into a retirement community fell through completely, just like the bottom of the real estate market.

According to this article from ...

 
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Accreditation and Regulations in Senior Care: A Necessary Evil or Nuisance?

Nursing homes and assisted living communities are regulated by their state’s designated agencies, be it the Department of Health, Aging, Public Welfare, or Human Services, to name a few examples. Of course it is vital for senior care facilities ...

 
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Changes in Senior Housing Industry: A Numbers Game?

Boomers and seniors are adding to their numbers every day. You don’t have to be a population scientist to know this; the facts about the “age wave” are all around us, surfacing in national, state and local news headlines ...

 
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Assisted Living Gap in Canada Offers Opportunities for Growth

They share a border with us, but the long term care scene in Canada is quite different from ours. A new article on ALFA.org (the Assisted Living Federation of America’s site) details the distinctions; perhaps the most striking ...

 
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The Role of Occupational Therapy in Assisted Living

Residents in assisted living and seniors receiving home care are among those whom occupational therapy (OT) practitioners serve. Since April is OT Month, we’ll highlight a few of the services these professionals provide in senior living settings:

Assistance with ...

 
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Disaster Preparedness in Assisted Living: What’s the Plan?

This USA Today headline from April 16th says it all: “Big gaps found in nursing homes’ disaster plans.” The article speaks of the tremendous gap between what’s required by the government and what’s actually put into place should ...

 
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Senior Housing Trend Watch: Multigenerational Homes

Years ago, it was not unusual for grandparents to share the same roof with their grandchildren, and it is becoming the norm once again. The age wave has joined forces with the weakening economy, triggering a rise in multigenerational households. ...

 
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Benefits for Seniors: Take Advantage Now

I hate finding out about a good deal after the fact -- after the promotion is over, after my need for a particular product or service has been met, or after the product is sold out.

That’s the premise ...

 
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New Government Agency Dedicated to Community-Based Senior Care

The Administration for Community Living, or ACL, is a brand new government agency dedicated to long-term care and senior support, according to this news brief posted on McKnights Long Term Care News & Assisted Living.

While it may seem that ...

 
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Keeping Residents Happy in Senior Living

Providers, take note: residents are leaving your communities because of the high costs and poor service, according to a recent article from SeniorHousingNews.com. (Their declining health and a desire to be closer to family were factors too, though these ...

 
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