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Eldercare Issues Discussion Group

Bringing national experience in Life Care Communities to Pennswood Village

Residents and staff of Pennswood Village can access documents internal to our community by registering here and then clicking on the “Our Content” link at the upper right of this screen:

Some useful publicly available documents can be accessed by clicking the blue links below:

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Letter to the United States Senate, NaCCRA Board of Directors, November 7, 2023

This letter to the current U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging from the National Continuing Care Residents Association recommends renewed Senate attention to the financial and regulatory condition of CCRCs, particularly in three areas: actuarial requirements, resident participation in governance, equity in formulation of resident contracts.

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Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Risks to Seniors: Summary of Committee Investigation, by the Majority Staff, United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, July 21, 2010

This summary of a U.S. Senate committee investigation outlines risks to seniors selecting a CCRC (complexity of business models, financial vulnerability, uneven state regulatory environment), lists consumer resources, and charts key CCRC regulatory areas for consideration by states and CCRCs.

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Exercising Control or Giving It Up? What Elder Law Attorneys Should Know About Continuing Care Retirement Communities, by Yvonne Troyer, J.D., Spring, 2022.

Advice by an elder law attorney for other elder law attorneys about sound advising of clients considering CCRCs, especially as to cautioning residents about complexities of CCRC business models, uncertain regulatory environment, financial vulnerabilities, and ceding of some personal control over finances and conditions of daily living.

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Model Bill of Rights For Residents of Continuing Care Retirement Communities.  National Continuing Care Residents Association (NaCCRA)

A model list of best resident-protective practices, developed by the National Continuing Care Residents Association (NaCCRA) after consultation with residents from many CCRCs, to guide residents, administrators, regulators and legislators in formulating policies and laws relating to CCRCs.

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Consumers’ Guide to Continuing Care Retirement Communities: A Manual for Those Seeking a CCRC and for Those Living in One.  National Continuing Care Residents Association (NaCCRA)

NaCCRA discusses four matters beyond visible amenities that seekers and residents alike need to attend to in assessing the quality and viability of CCRCs: contract types and conditions; quality of health care offered; financial strength; ownership and governance structures.

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