NEW YORK: The retirement community ‘Life Licence’ business model is in serious medium term trouble.
Life Licence has always encountered strong market resistance, even when it was the only alternative to staying at home. Read More »
Life Licence ‘sales’ encountering wall of resistance from boomer generation
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Seniors sharing group homes on the increase
SAN FRANCISCO: Two care companies are considering entering the group home market segment as an alternative to the retirement community sector.
Group homes are akin to student flats for seniors. Each home has a ‘pod mother’. Caregivers come and go on a needs basis. Read More »
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40 per cent of 65+ report at least one disability
ATLANTA: Nearly 40 per cent of 65 and older report having at least one disability, but only 9% of the population reports living in group quarters, a new report finds.
Whether disability prevalence rates will hold is a matter of ongoing research. Read More »
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Coroner finds Sunrise Senior Living staff “downright liers”
MCLEAN: An eminent hospital consultant died in a Sunrise Senior Living home where staff lied about making checks on residents, a coroner said.
Dr Rhys Tudor Williams was found dead on the floor of his room by paramedics in the early hours of the morning. Read More »
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