If you have a loved one needing the help of a skilled nurse, you may have to place them where they can receive medical assistance on a daily basis. These facilities – once called nursing homes – are now “skilled nursing facilities.” Depending on the type of care your loved one needs, these facilities offer…
If you’re new to looking at choices for assisted living or wondering what costs are covered, you’re not alone: families across the nation are looking to relocate a loved one into assisted living. Much of this has a lot to do with the large number of people that are over 65 years of age. The…
What’s the Cost of Senior Housing in Kentucky? Kentucky offers very good value for your retirement dollar—real estate and the cost of living are much lower than most other states, while the recreational activities are exceptional. This great value extends to the various levels of care that seniors may require at different long-term care facilities.…
What’s the cost of residential care for seniors in Indiana? When you or your loved one can no longer stay at home, several options are available, and the cost for each depends largely on where the facility is located and the range of services and amenities included. Active Adult Homes These are homes specifically built…
Every day, 10,000 Americans celebrate their 65th birthday. When the last baby boomer reaches that magic age in 2030, 18 percent of the country will be 65 or older. This dramatic demographic shift is having a significant impact all across the country. According to the News & Observer*, Durham County expects its population of those…
Just like the rest of the world, senior living communities understand the benefits of technology and are leveraging its power to help care for residents and improve their quality of life. Below are some ways that savvy communities are putting these smart tools to work: Social. Technology definitely plays a social role in senior living…
Your physician or a family member may have suggested that you move to an assisted living community. Before you make that very important decision, you probably have a whole lot of questions that you need to have answered. Below, we’ve talked to Russell Williams, executive director of The Towers, an assisted living and memory care…
Maybe you’re in the hospital for a knee replacement or a heart attack. Before you head home, your case manager may recommend a stay in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) so you can get more stable, stronger and transition safely. If you or a family member has never needed the services of an SNF before,…
Most of us simply don’t put away enough money to support ourselves in our retirement. As a result, we outlive our savings. But that’s certainly not the case with Carrie Rausch, the Columbus, Ohio, mom and grandmother who managed to pay her bills until the age of 108. However, at the end of last year,…
One of the hallways of St. Mary’s Woods in Richmond, VA, has become an art gallery. It displays 28 works of art created by a small group of the retirement community’s residents. But the wide variety of colors, forms and mediums along this light-filled hallway isn’t the result of just any resident art project. These…
