The New York Times offers a detailed account of Channing House in California, a well known Life-Plan Community (also known as a Continuing Care Retirement Community or CCRC), where residents are confronting “a problem they felt powerless to fix: the
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Huff Post Interview that Dug into the latest Reports about “Filial Support Laws”
Here is a remarkably detailed article by HuffPost writer Katie Mather. See “These States Can Require You to Support Your Elderly Parents, Whether You Like It Or Not,” published on June 29, 2026.
A “Crazy Idea” for Building a Reputation for Transparency and Trustworthiness in Continuing Care Communities?
A bit of background helps. Scott Townsley, a lawyer, academic, and business consultant with 40 years of experience in senior living operations, had been reading disclosure statements on file with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department in the wake of a…
Aging Well in Northern Ireland with the Assistance of “Support Visitors”
How all of this started is part of our research team’s folklore. My Fulbright placement in 2009-10 was in a program called the Changing Ageing Partnership, funded by Atlantic Philanthropies, with a physical base at the law school at…
“Planning” as a Tool for Aging Advocacy
My post yesterday seems to have struck a chord with several readers who wrote to me over the evening. Each email described a daughter’s feeling of being overwhelmed by how to help an aging parent in distress.
These brief accounts,…
Let’s Reimagine Aging Advocacy
My interest is piqued by a new feature article in The New York Times, titled “The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You,” by Katie Engelhart. I’m quoted in the article on the narrow topic of how…
Let’s Do the Right Thing: Recognizing Fundamental Rights for Residents as Citizens in Senior Living Communities
I have had another recent opportunity to discuss details of a older adult’s’ traumatic interaction in his senior living community. As far as I can tell, the grounds for an aggressive attempt to evict him were his efforts to discuss…
Latest Nightmare for Older Account Holders?
Lately, I’ve been hearing from older adults who have had their bank accounts or similar financial accounts hacked, promptly discovered a problem and reported the hack, only to find they have to jump through an astounding number of hoops to…
Better than Robot Caregivers?
It is Monday and time for news that puts smiles on our faces. This week, the New York Times has an article with the title “Japan’s New Care Workers: Bodybuilders, Wrestlers and M.M.A. Fighters.” The photos alone are worth the…
Adopting Actuarial Standards for States Charged with Oversight for CCRCs: Washington State’s Legislature Takes Another Important Step
The State of Washington is setting the stage for a strong CCRC environment by addressing core concerns raised by residents about financial soundness; the latest legislation requires Continuing Care and Life Plan Communities who offer “life care contracts,” to conduct…