A Parting Word – By David Ammons

I have written in past articles about the categories of retirement living. In the broadest of strokes these include on a continuum of living independently; Active Adult, Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skilled Care. These various types of retirement housing options may be free- standing or combined with [...]

This issue I asked an associate, Chris Burns, to address the future of smart phone use among older Americans. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. At a recent Rotary club meeting, I was shocked and fascinated to hear for the first time about IBM’s Knowledge Curve. [...]

Is NOW the Time to Make a Move? How the real estate market impacts seniors considering a move This month I have decided to take on a mountain of a topic again (I get asked about this often) involving the decision many seniors may have to make at some point [...]

More importantly, why have intergenerational living? I love this question because we have had, for 30-plus years, residents living side-by-side that are a generation apart. This concept of more than one or two generations living in a community is a growing question and consideration. Often solutions geared towards promoting Intergenerational [...]

In this issue, I have created my article as, rather than my view, more of a research document because the question of the future of nursing (skilled) care homes is a significant one. Since 2011, national occupancy rates in nursing homes have dropped nearly 6 percent, leaving more empty beds [...]

In real estate, we have all heard the redundant use of “location.” We believe it means that a property’s location really, really matters. Extending the phrase a little, I think it means that location matters so much that there must be just a few “right” locations and that other locations [...]

I have been pondering the question of how one chooses a retirement community, so I started where, I am told, most folks start to look for a retirement community – the Google search engine. What I find interesting is that the search phrase “How to Choose a College” provided over 15.4 million results [...]

Over the past year or two, I have written several articles on the types and variations in retirement communities and the products that exist today, trying to anticipate what I think is coming. Is the purpose in looking at new options and designs because they are looking for a place [...]

In this issue, Darden Coe, Springmoor’s Public Relations & Media and Relocation Transition Coordinator, shares an article she recently wrote for Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community, although I am confident this type of Friend and Neighbor exists in most retirement communities. FAMILY is a single word, with many different meanings. [...]

I have written in past articles about the categories of retirement living. In the broadest sense strokes, these include a continuum of living independently: Active Adult, Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skilled Care. However, as many communities and providers offer new combinations and variations of these categories, [...]