This spring, I’m taking a brief break from blogging. While I have loved writing for you, I have an interesting opportunity that I just can’t turn down. However, I am still researching, speaking and writing about senior housing.
Although I’m not actively blogging, you can still find plenty of good stuff on the site about senior housing. In order to make it even easier, you can read my best, most informative articles by clicking on the links below. I’ve roughly grouped them by topic, but there is a great deal of overlap:
General:
- Senior Housing Overview
- What to Expect on Your First Visit
- Crisis Management 101
- Whom to Call when Things Go Wrong
- Helping Friends Find the Right Community
- UnSCAMable Book Excerpt: A Basic Test of Internet Trustworthiness
- Signs of Trouble in Any Community
- Pushing for a Move into Senior Housing isn’t a Good Idea
- Pets and Senior Housing
- Five Questions to Ask During your Visit
- Finding Communities that Share Your Beliefs
- How to get Ready for a Move to Senior Housing
- Should I move now or later?
- The Long Term Care Problem
- Aging in Place: Friend or Foe?
Continuing Care Retirement Communities:
- Finding a CCRC
- Is it cheaper to live in a CCRC or at home?
- What is LifeCare?
- Should Retirement Communities Be Run like McDonalds Part I Part II
- Who owns CCRCs?
- Understanding CCRC “Permanent Transfer” Policies
- The Naked Truth about CCRC Entrance Fee Refund Policies
- Destination Retirement Communities
- Is a CCRC an investment?
- Should I choose the 50% refundable or the 100% refundable entrance fee?
- How to Score Free Stuff at Retirement Communities
- Slightly Scary Articles about Senior Housing
- Reader Question: How do I time my move into a CCRC?
- Test Drive a CCRC by Staying in their Guest Room
- Ten Questions to Ask During Your Visit
- Paying for a CCRC
- CCRC Entrance Fees and Pricing
- Three Sneaky Sales Tactics and Your Best Defense
Independent Living:
Assisted Living & Memory Care:
- What is Assisted Living?
- Memory Care Communities
- Thoughts on the Frontline Documentary on Assisted Living
- Life and Death in Assisted Living
Nursing Homes
Hospice/Home Health/Living at Home:
- Whom to Call when Things Go Wrong
- Pushing for a Move into Senior Housing isn’t a Good Idea
- Adult Daycare
- Home Health 101
- What is hospice?
- Spring Cleaning: Help Prevent Accidents by Improving Your Home
- Home Health Compare (Warning to Readers)
And, of course, you can always buy one of my books on Amazon:
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities: An Insider Tells All
- The Financial & Estate Planner’s Guide to Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- UnSCAMable: How Seniors Can Protect Themselves on the Internet
Also, just because I’m not blogging right now doesn’t mean that I’m not here to help answer your questions. If you have anything that you don’t see answered on my site, feel free to email me: Virginia@SeniorHousingMove.com.
Additionally, I’m still happy to come speak to your group about senior housing issues. You can email me for more information.
Have a safe and prosperous 2015, and thank you for visiting Senior Housing Move.com.
Virginia