Senior Housing Ratings and Reviews

Rob and Jennifer Liebreich started SeniorDecision.com about one year ago with the goal of providing a comprehensive listing of home health care, independent living, retirement communities, assisted living, Alzheimer’s care, and nursing homes that provide peer to peer consumer ratings and reviews. The site provides an exhaustive listing of facilities throughout the United States that […]

Retirement Risk Management:

A recent MarketWatch article discussed how to manage retirement risks that included: Inflation Outliving One’s Assets Loss of a spouse Declining Health Medical Expenses The only risk that is difficult to manage (if you really can) is inflation. No matter how old you are or where you live, the costs of living continue to rise. […]

NCAL Study finds more states changing their assisted living regulations

Leading Assisted Living Organization’s Report on States’ Assisted Living Regulations Finds Widespread Change in 2007 Analysis of unique annual report reveals more than 20 states changed policies regarding assisted living Washington, D.C.: The National Center for Assisted Living’s (NCAL) 2008 Assisted Living State Regulatory Review found that in 2007 significantly more states changed their assisted […]

Technology Helps Seniors Stay Home Longer

More seniors are trying to stay at home, whether it’s an economic decision or an emotional decision, and trying to figure out how to use technology to make their stay at home more comfortable. Many people think that the use of technology for “aging services” is a costly indulgence. While the capital and upfront expenditures […]

Senior Housing Funding Study Shows Major Funding Challenges

The National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) released a comprehensive study of long-term care financing in the United States last month. The study addresses the combination of public- and private-sector funding that will be needed to pay for the nation’s growing care needs, especially when Baby Boomers reach their 70s […]

Can You Really Calculate The Cost Of Long Term Care?

One of the blogs that we follow, Long Term Care Daily, recently posted some links to some long term care calculators that estimated some of the costs for long term care including the average cost based on state (and there are some cities to choose from) and type of care (Nursing home, Assisted Living and […]