Tag: assisted living communities
10 Ways to Beat the High Cost of Assisted Living
Check out these tips and tricks to help you and your loved ones fit assisted living into your budget–without compromising quality of care. Arranging senior care can be challenging, emotionally taxing, and expensive, particularly when a person requires skilled nursing, memory care, or other assisted living necessities. “For family members seeking a place for a…
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Helping Your Loved One Better Manage Incontinence
By guest blogger: Julie Davis Incontinence is a challenge, but it is easier to live with if you have the right products. If you’re a caregiver for someone with incontinence, you might find that the choice of incontinence items is overwhelming—where do you start? The first step is to determine the needs of your loved…
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New Study Ranks Best Cities for Senior Living
A non-partisan think tank has ranked the best cities for successful aging, for adults age 65 to 79 as well as seniors age 80 and up. How does your city measure up? Though there are quite a few lists out there of “best places to retire,” a new study by the Milken Institute is ranking…
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Understanding The Myriad of Options in Today’s Senior Care
Finding senior living options is a complex and confusing process that has changed drastically over the years. There is now catered care, depending on your loved ones’ needs—which is why so many people are surprised to find a multitude of senior care and living options. The proportion of Americans 65+ will grow by 3 percent each…
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The Nursing Home Paradox
Why did 33% of visitors looking for nursing homes eventually move into active senior living communities? Many children of aging parents reach a point where they’re faced with finding the next level of care for their mother or father. Whether this decision comes unexpectedly or as a gradual inevitability, the difficult, exhausting search for the…
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The Semantics of Senior Living… Oh How Times Change!
Now that the baby boomers are reaching retirement age, the country is seeing increased demand for services and healthcare provisions specific to that demographic. And with increased care options, comes new terminology that more accurately depicts today’s versatile care options. With fast-paced lifestyles, technological advances, global warming and popular-culture driven media, also comes… New words!…
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Senior Housing Flourished in 2011 – What’s In Store for 2012?
The real estate bust may have a silver lining. At least for the senior housing market in 2011, that is. According to the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry (NIC), the senior housing market had $25 billion worth of transactions in 2011, with merger and acquisition activity reaching its highest level…
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Pet Friendly Assisted Living Resident: Ed Volick
The Summit at Lakeway Brookdale Senior Living Community is a pet friendly community that welcomes furry friends as companions for their senior citizens. One of their residents, Ed Volick, came to their community with his cat, Scooter. Ed walks his cat on a leash every day and brings smiles to those who watch. Learn more…
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Senior Living Adds Comfort and Reassurance for Many
The institutional, white-walled and smelly image that used to be associated with nursing homes is becoming a stigma of the past. While many people still want to live at home as long as they can, research shows that senior living communities may be the healthier option; especially after a spouse dies. While many seniors still…
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Biggest of the Big: Who Are the Largest Independent and Assisted Living Communities of 2012?
ALFA announces the much-anticipated list of largest assisted living and independent living communities in their April/May issue of Senior Living Executive. Industry trends, acquisitions, and REITs (real estate investment trusts) all contributed to the provider movement, as discussed in this exclusive online and print edition. The annual announcement of the largest assisted living and independent…
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