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Senior Housing News: May is Older Americans Month, and thanks to emerging data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics and Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research, the industry is able to formulate a portrait of the average senior living resident, including age, finances, who’s paying for their care and with what resources. 
As human beings, we just aren’t biologically wired to think about events far off in the future. Fight-or-flight works well enough to handle short-term problems, but when thinking about events that are both uncertain and decades in the future, many people find it easier to simply postpone the matter and worry about it later. Unfortunately, [&h
Assisted Living Dominates in 2011: Seniors housing properties continue to be in demand, as assisted living facility prices rose dramatically in 2011, although skilled nursing prices fell somewhat, according to The SeniorCare Investor. The nationwide average prices per unit for assisted living facilities increased to $161,700 in the 12 months ended
Future Looks Dim for CLASS Act: The CLASS Act has been under fire for a while now. Despite the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) promise to only implement the plan if it was fiscally solvent, and the fact that a majority of Americans are still committed to the CLASS Act (76% according to […]
Beyond Activities to Engagement: Staff training in how to engage individual residents with various levels of cognitive decline, as well as in how to facilitate group activities, is critical to a successful social engagement program.  With the right education and training, senior’s families and friends can be partners in achieving quality of life fo
Estate and Financial Planning for People with Alzheimer’s Disease: This free consumer webinar offers a practical blue print to estate, financial and related life planning for anyone living with Alzheimer’s disease, or who has a loved one living with Alzheimer’s disease.  The webinar will explain in non-technical language the core documents an