Fee-for-service is the most common type of contract offered by continuing care retirement communities in Virginia, according to a benchmarking report released Tuesday by Ziegler and My LifeSite. The report...
CCRCs alone in occupancy increase this year, report says
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 16, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities will be the only segment of senior living and long-term care to see increased occupancy in 2018, according to commercial real estate investment sales, financing,...
SNH: Five Star initiatives will address CCRC challenges
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 01, 2018
Weaker performance in skilled nursing operations at Five Star Senior Living CCRCs “heavily influenced” a decline in rent coverage in a Senior Housing Properties Trust portfolio, said the REIT’s...
Life plan community is new name for CCRC
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 01, 2015
Life plan community is the new name for continuing care retirement community that has arisen from the CCRC Namestorm initiated by LeadingAge and Mather LifeWays. The name was announced at the opening general...
What’s in a name? Your organization’s future viability, that’s what!
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Lisa McCracken
Jul 18, 2016
Just as family names were powerful in the story of Romeo and Juliet, names and labels are critical as we look to the future of the senior living sector.
Residents’ chronic conditions could push operators to integrate care, housing: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — US senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care...
$250 million CCRC expansion no longer on hold, thanks to state Supreme Court
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 07, 2022
A $250 million expansion project at a Virginia continuing care retirement community no longer is on hold now that the state Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from condominium owners seeking to...
Life plan communities under pressure amidst coronavirus: Fitch Ratings
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Amy Novotney
Mar 20, 2020
Although sector-wide rating changes are not expected in the near term, the increased operating costs and shifts in census associated with the COVID-19 outbreak may have negative effects on lower-rated...
Fitch lowers life plan community sector outlook to negative, but no all-encompassing rating action
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Amy Novotney
May 27, 2020
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on life plan communities to negative last week, reflecting the rating agency’s concern that many of COVID’s risks still lie ahead.
‘No fluke’: life plan community residents report higher levels of wellness than other older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2023
Five years ago, Mather Institute set out to better understand the health and wellness effects of residing in a life plan community. The organization found that residents reported higher levels of wellness...