State of senior living reveals resilience, opportunity, strength
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 12, 2021
Opportunity called, and it’s time for change. Tom Meyers, senior managing director of specialty investment bank Ziegler, used that phrase during a “State of Senior Living 2021” webinar Tuesday with...
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...
Understanding life care communities vs. CCRCs
By
Troy Cannaday
Mar 10, 2015
I have noticed the way many people interchange “life care communities” with “Continuing Care Retirement Communities.” However, these are two different concepts with distinguishing...
CCRCs have less time to refund entrance fees under new law
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities will have have less time to return refundable portions of entrance fees to residents or their estates after move-out under a new law signed Friday by New Jersey Gov....
Sun Health launches first CCaH in Southwest
Jan 25, 2016
Nonprofit Sun Health has launched Sun Health at Home, which it says is the first continuing care at home program in the southwestern United States.
Seattle life plan community shifts from communal dining to food court model
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 21, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Seattle-based nonprofit life plan community Bayview — like many other seniors housing operators — quickly went from vibrant hustling and bustling dining rooms...
Your favorite columns of 2015
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2015
The chance to learn secrets to success drew McKnight’s Senior Living website visitors, newsletter readers and social media followers and friends to columns posted on the site in 2015, reveals an...
Provider Relief Fund monies wane for life plan communities in 2021: Ziegler
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 14, 2022
Life plan communities received comparatively small amounts of Provider Relief Fund aid in 2021, as program money wanes. No meaningful additional funds are expected going forward in 2022, according to specialty...
Dementia managers in CCRCs see healthy salary bump, according to new HCS report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2019
Dementia managers in continuing care retirement communities saw relatively healthy average salary increases of 4.19%, with pay rising from $57,553 in 2018 to $59,964 in 2019, not including bonuses, according...
It’s not just CCRCs that could use a new name
By
John O'Connor
Oct 21, 2015
As McKnight’s Senior Living recently reported, LeadingAge will announce a replacement term for the CCRC concept during its upcoming convention. But why should the industry stop there?