Crismon Peaks Assisted Living LLC recently announced plans for the opening of their upscale luxury Assisted and Independent Living Community nestled at the base of the Superstition Mountains in Mesa, AZ. This community of luxury, custom-built, eco-friendly homes has been developed on 6 acres of desert vista. This newly built property features 3 of 6 […]
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Active Day, Inc., the largest network of adult day health services in the country, recently made moves to expand across Indiana. The company currently operates centers in Munster, Lafayette, Yorktown and three locations in Indianapolis, with Merrillville scheduled to open in the next few months. Active Day provides nursing care and health services, meals, transportation […]
The MetLife Mature Market Institute® recently released its national survey of adult day services and home care costs which found that the national average daily rate for adult day services is $64, up $3 per day or 5% from 2007. The national average hourly rate for home health aides is $20,a $1 or 5% increase […]
Over the weekend, the New York Times columnist Bob Tedeschi wrote about reverse mortgages and why the Housing and Economic Recovery Act matters to New York area residents. The new laws are intended to give older homeowners access to more of their homes’ equity, provide stricter consumer protection, and, most important for New York-area residents, […]
Cook County Sheriff has announced its suspending evictions for foreclosures where lenders do not provide adequate notice to people that are living in houses as a tenant rather than the owner. The sheriff’s office has seen almost double the number of foreclosures from last year and the suspension on evictions has received a large amount […]
Last week the National Association of Realtors released its existing home sales number for August and it showed that sales of existing homes fell 2.2% in August from the previous month and that the median home price was $203,100 in August, down 9.5% from the year before. 10% decline from last year on a national […]
The National Investment Center for the Seniors and Care Industry (NIC) recently released it’s study that can help operators better understand the relationship between the environments they provide and how they impact their residents was the winning paper in the 2008 Seniors Housing & Care Journal. The paper, entitled “A New Tool for Evaluating Senior […]
Companies to co-develop and distribute telecare and remote monitoring offerings GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced today that it has entered into a distribution and technology collaboration agreement with Living Independently Group, Inc. a leading provider of telecare and passive monitoring systems used to assist in the care of seniors. GE […]
Nationwide Senior Care Company Provides FREE Assistance for Families Seeking Elder Care Guidance for Aging Loved Ones A Place for Mom, the nation’s largest senior care referral service, is available to seniors seeking relocation options in areas hit by Hurricane Ike. The path of Hurricane Ike ripped through twelve states leaving hundreds of thousands without […]
AgeSong at Bayside Park, a 116,400 square-foot, 125-apartment community that will offer independent and assisted living apartments for senior adults breaks ground today in Emeryville, expanding AgeSong’s holistic approach to elder care in the East Bay. A five-story residence, AgeSong at Bayside Park sits on a corner site at 1440 40th Street (and Horton), within […]