CCRC earns nation’s first certification as a University Based Retirement Community
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 27, 2024
An Arizona continuing care retirement / life plan community has been awarded the nation’s first certification as a University Based Retirement Community for meeting all eligibility criteria for senior...
Increase in memory care units in CCRCs due to growing demand, reduced skilled nursing footprint
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 16, 2024
The memory care segment in continuing care retirement / life plan communities has been steadily growing over the past decade, answering a “clear need” from its resident base, according to the National...
Workforce shortages in the healthcare industry are nothing new. But even with creative incentives and initiatives, continuing care retirement / life plan communities continue to struggle to recruit and...
Study suggests ways to increase CCRC resident happiness
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 19, 2021
Soliciting feedback from residents about their needs and interests, offering a variety of programs, educating employees on the signs and symptoms of depression and loneliness, and providing residents with...
Survey reveals list of must-haves for potential CCRC residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2022
Continuing care retirement community operators considering near- and mid-term investments, amenities and programming should look to ensure healthy aging offerings are in the mix, according to a new survey...
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...
Changing consumer provides opportunities for life plan communities: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 05, 2022
It’s no secret that the 75-and-older population is growing. But a new senior living and care trends report notes that with that growth comes more households with a net worth of $1 million or more, suggesting...
CCRCs, nursing homes see slower growth in use of services in 2018, CMS says
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2019
Spending on continuing care retirement communities and nursing care facility services increased 1.4% in 2018 to $168.5 billion, according to an analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for...
Life plan community residents report wellness benefits, survey finds
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 17, 2018
Life plan community residents tend to experience greater levels of wellness than community-dwelling adults in five of six dimensions, according to preliminary first-year results of a study of more than...
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.