Long-term care

Finding the Right Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs), also known as life plan communities, are becoming increasingly popular across the United States. These communities are designed to provide older adults with a continuum of care—allowing residents to remain in one community while moving through different levels of housing and support […]

🧠 New Drug Therapy Gives Hope for Alzheimer’s Prevention A promising new treatment could one day help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University have discovered that a class of medications known as pharmacological chaperones may stop the progression of Alzheimer’s in its earliest stages. Their findings give

Long-Term Care Planning: What You Need to Know Before It’s Too Late According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, someone turning 65 today has a 70% chance of needing some form of long-term care (LTC) during their lifetime. On average, women will need about 3.7 years of care, while men will require