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Mather LifeWays Leads Initiative to Rename ‘Continuing Care’ Category
EVANSTON, IL. (November 3, 2015) — For years, Mather LifeWays, an industry-leading senior living provider, has been a strong proponent of the importance of language…Read More
LeadingAge, Mather Push to Rename CCRCs to Life Plan Communities
BOSTON — LeadingAge, a association of nonprofit seniors housing providers, and Mather LifeWays, an operator of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), recently announced their plans…Read More
It’s All in the Name
Language makes a difference — what we call the people, places, and programs in the senior living industry paints a specific picture for residents and…Read More
LeadingAge Moves to Kill the Term CCRC
It is kind hard to know what to make of it, but the senior living industry seems to be in the midst of a tidal…Read More
Name Change Leads to New Identity for Continuing Care Retirement Community Category
In response to a clear and pressing need to rename and reposition the category name used by nearly 2,000 U.S. continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs),…Read More
The ‘Where’ of Aging: Rethinking and Rebranding
Our first entry in a new occasional series, “The ‘Where’ of Aging,” about Longboat Key resident Maureen Stark’s move at 82 to a continuing-care retirement…Read More
Is the New Name for CCRCs a Winner?
From here on out, continuing care retirement communities may be called “Life Plan Communities” — or not. The new term emerged out of a lengthy process…Read More
LeadingAge: Start Saying ‘Life Plan Community’ Instead of CCRC
A new term for continuing care retirement communities titled “life plan community” has been decreed the best fit after a two-year renaming process. LeadingAge’s “Project…Read More
100-Year Old Wilmette Woman Enjoys Cubs Game at Wrigley Field
A 100-year-old resident of Mather Place of Wilmette recently had a chance to see her beloved Chicago Cubs in-person at Wrigley Field. Ruth Bower, a…Read More
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