The next step in the evolution of the ABHOW and be.group affiliation occurred Monday as the two companies announced their official unification under the previously publicized brand of HumanGood. Read our...
State News July 2014
Jul 01, 2014
ILLINOIS — Democratic Gov. Patrick Quinn was expected to sign legislation designed to reverse decades of race-based disparities in the care provided in all types of long-term care settings.
5 ways senior living communities are evolving to attract active baby boomers
By
Judy Good
Apr 10, 2017
Senior living communities are devising new ways to attract and fulfill the needs of active boomers who want to be able to age in place and have opportunities for creative education and personal exploration.
CCaH programs growing in popularity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2018
Continuing Care at Home programs, formerly called “CCRCs without walls,” are growing in popularity as offerings by senior living and care providers, with more than 30 programs now available...
It’s time to retire the CCRC and life plan community designations
By
Keith Grady, LNHA, CALA
Oct 21, 2019
It’s time to stop describing communities using terminology that focuses primarily on healthcare and the traditional sense of what retirement meant in the past.
Life plan communities thrive through connectedness
By
Gina Miller
May 10, 2018
Research shows that social connectedness improves physical health, mental and emotional well-being and even longevity, thereby enabling individuals and communities, including life plan communities, to...
5-year study aims to prove benefits of life plan community living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2017
A five-year study of more than 2,000 life plan community residents by the Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging and Northwestern University will try to determine the effects that living in such a community...
Occupancy in CCRCs taking longer to bounce back: Ziegler
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2022
Although continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs, also known as life plan communities) did a better job of maintaining occupancy before and during the pandemic, other areas of senior housing are...
27 members of Congress urge CMS to withdraw proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2020
A bipartisan coalition of 27 members of the House of Representatives is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to withdraw its proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation.
Life plan community model remains stable, viable: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2020
Life plan communities were the type of senior living community least affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, reaffirming their stable future, according to a report from specialty investment bank Ziegler.