Taking aim at the CCRC model
Continuing care retirement communities offer peace of mind that often comes with a six- to seven-figure entrance fee. Leadership at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living chose a different path.
Continuing Care Retirement Community
It’s time to retire the CCRC and life plan community designations
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.
Fitch predicts ‘mostly’ stability for life plan communities for rest of 2019
Fitch Ratings “mostly envisions continued operating stability” for life plan communities as a sector through the rest of the year, according to a newly released report.
Continuing Care Hall of Fame to induct 4 next month
More than 150 years of service to the senior living industry will be recognized when four new members are inducted into the Continuing Care Hall of Fame next month, according to event organizers.
Opportunities await beyond near-term challenges
Recent news is enough to cause any operator, developer or investor to reach for the aspirin. A look at data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, as well as discussions with experts from NIC and elsewhere, however, give hope.
How to mitigate risk when a resident needs a higher level of care
When a medical assessment determines that a resident needs a higher level of care, the liability risks to a senior living community increase until the resident is relocated. But what if a resident doesn’t agree that a move is necessary?
Survey suggests challenges with life plan community name, despite industry support
Almost four years after LeadingAge and Mather LifeWays introduced “life plan community” as an alternative name for “continuing care retirement community,” more education may be needed for prospective residents and their adult children to understand and appreciate the terminology, according to Zion & Zion.
Dementia managers in CCRCs see healthy salary bump, according to new HCS report
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 to the “Continuing Care Retirement Community Salary & Benefits Report 201-2020,” released Thursday. The national study is published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service in…
Expanding existing campus most popular route to CCRC growth: survey
Expanding an existing campus is the most common way that continuing care retirement communities plan to grow for now, according to a new survey.
CCRC consolidation is a ‘clear trend’
Consolidation is “one of the clear trends” among continuing care retirement communities, according to specialty bank Ziegler.
