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Financial Planning

Can I Afford a CCRC? Here's What You Need To Know

Want a better, lower-stress retirement? For many older adults, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) offers a path to a life they love....

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Why Senior Living?

How Life Plan Communities Make Healthy Living Easy

Your health is your wealth. It’s the most important asset you have — the one asset that enables you to do everything else in life. Healthy living for...

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Living Options

Differences Between Senior Living Communities and Nursing Homes

Life Plan Communities (LPCs) offer something radically different from a nursing home: a community where you can live life on your own terms, no...

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Why Senior Living?

Community Spotlight: The Terraces at Summitview

What To Expect at The Terraces at Summitview Since 1958, The Terraces at Summitview in Yakima, Washington, has been one of Central Washington’s most...

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Why Senior Living?

How You Can Enjoy Safety and Security in Senior Living Communities

What does your ideal next act look like? If you’re like a lot of adults, you’ve spent so much time thinking about others — colleagues, children,...

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Why Senior Living?

How Moving to a Life Plan Community Relieves Stress

Over years spent fighting traffic, wrangling kids, volunteering or all of the above, you might have fantasized about more freedom and less stress in...

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Why Senior Living?

Top 10 Reasons To Consider a Life Plan Community for Senior Living

Walkable greenspaces. Easy connections with new friends. Activities every day. Live music. Plenty of space for celebrations. A gorgeous...

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Adult Child

Steps for Touring and Choosing a Senior Living Community With Your Parents

Moving to a senior living community can open the door to a deeper sense of community, more social connections, and a rich array of activities and...

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Adult Child

What Is the Sandwich Generation, and What Does It Mean for Senior Living?

If you’re caring for a young child and have aging parents, then you might be a member of the sandwich generation. If you are the adult child of an...

Senior Living Options: Life Plan Community vs. In-Home Care
Living Options

To Stay or Move? Senior Living Life Plan Community vs. In-Home Care

Where you live is a huge decision that can affect everything from your relationships to your hobbies and health. Make sure you know all your senior...

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Why Senior Living?

Senior Care Planning: Why You Should Start Early

The future is a strange entity. It arrives inevitably, even if you do nothing, but it can feel like it will never arrive — or like the you who will...

Community Spotlight: The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens