A Parting Word – By David Ammons

I want to share a few thoughts to be sure when one equates "Aging In Place" with "this is all I will accept" that they think a little further. My points really revolve around a differentiation between aging-in-place-in-current-setting-no-matter-what versus aging in "place" where "place" is a community. [...]

I hope not to overwhelm the reader of this article with statistics and examples, because the impact of cost increases in both inflation and staffing vary by location, type of community, and management decisions. Over my 37 years of involvement in the retirement community industry, I thought I had learned not to let a few events or factors cause panic. But the reality of inflation’s impact to tangible purchases [...]

I still get caught by surprise by a particular community’s process for their Waiting List. I will share what I know or believe I know, but let me be very clear at the beginning of this article that you need to be sure to ask enough questions with a community you are talking to in order to fully understand their “_________ List.” [...]

Retirement Community options in the Triangle and Triad continue to become more diversified and varied. In an effort to simplify the choices, I believe they can be grouped in several broad categories:  Independent Living, Independent Living with bundled services, and Licensed Care. [...]

This month, I have asked Brandon Hair, Executive Director of Springmoor Retirement Community in North Hills, Raleigh, to talk about an exciting evolution underway in the skilled nursing world. As more skilled nursing facilities adapt to a more homelike model than a traditional hospital model, [...]

Different communities handle their Waiting List or Priority List with their own rules and policies. It is important to get on a Waiting List or two or three. It is even more important to Make A Plan. More and more seniors witnessed the need for their parents to have a plan and now it is time for them to make their own plans. [...]

A Continuing Care Retirement Community may desire to provide or arrange for continuing care services, including home care services, to an individual who has entered into a continuing care contract with the provider but is not yet receiving lodging. [...]

I enjoy writing this column every quarter and I hope that my insight or the insight provided by other senior industry professionals has been helpful or enjoyable for you. This quarter I am going to share the wide spectrum of activity that we are currently involved with at my company, [...]

The national average Covid vaccination rate is about 50% for employees working in retirement communities, even those working directly with residents in long term setting. This is very frustrating to some residents and their families, and there are those that feel very strongly that employees should be required to be vaccinated. [...]

What is a Retirement Community? What will a Retirement Community be in the Future? What has a Global Pandemic done to the direction Retirement Communities will go? These questions continue to be asked and evolve. [...]