“CCRCs Gain Luster as Standalone SNFs Fade,” by Jack Silverstein, Senior Housing News

“While skilled nursing is perhaps more needed than ever, the service offering is evolving toward greater integration along the care continuum due to increased resident frailty and longer resident lifespans, according to experts who spoke with Senior Housing News. The changes are felt in two key ways.

* Increased need for hospital-grade health care resources and services on site, as well as more cohesive partnerships with hospitals

* Increased need for continuing care retirement communities (CCRC), which create a seamless transitional experience as residents move through the care continuum”
 
LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

LTC markets continue to adjust away from welfare-financed nursing facilities that served most of the WWII generation toward mostly privately financed options based on continuing care the richer boomer generation will demand. Fine now with a booming economy and asset bubbles ballooning, but what happens with the inevitable recession occurs?

CCRCs Gain Luster as Standalone SNFs Fade

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