CCRC adds 4,100-square-foot duplexes to attract baby boomers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 16, 2017
Ten months after breaking ground on a project intended to attract baby boomers and others looking for a different environment in which to age, nonprofit BHI Senior Living has sold all 30 duplexes in an...
Type A and C contracts increasing in popularity with CCRCs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2017
Type A and C entry-fee contract use has become more common in continuing care retirement communities over the past 10 years, whereas type B contract and rental agreement use has become less common, according...
Number of CCRCs decreases for first time in at least seven years
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 05, 2018
After increasing every year since at least 2010, the number of continuing care retirement communities decreased in 2017, according to Ziegler’s national CCRC listing.
How CCaH programs are proving their worth during COVID-19
By
Amanda Young, MS, CMC
Apr 20, 2020
Despite challenges, continuing care at home programs quickly have developed innovative ways to support their members and continue to market to prospective members.
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.
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.
CCRC consolidation is a ‘clear trend’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 11, 2019
Consolidation is “one of the clear trends” among continuing care retirement communities, according to specialty bank Ziegler.
Operations, profitability remain stable for CCRCs, Fitch says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 06, 2018
Operations and profitability remain stable for U.S. continuing care retirement communities, according to a newly released report from Fitch Ratings. Ratings pressure could be on the way, however.
U.S. News launches ‘Best Senior Living’ program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 07, 2021
U.S. News & World Report has launched a “Best Senior Living” initiative with the goal of releasing inaugural listings for consumers in the first quarter of 2022. The program will cover individual...
Don’t sit on these revenue-generating opportunities
By
Steve McDonald
Jun 14, 2021
Creating a virtual marketplace represents a tremendous business opportunity for innovators who want to see their residents and local older adults thrive.