Robust Retirement

  • Finding Happiness In A Senior Housing Community

    This post updates one I originally published in 2015 that uses data from a study of nearly 6,900 seniors mostly living in independent living community or an IL unit within a larger, multi-level Life Plan Community. While the study was designed to guide senior housing developers and operators, I use the study results to guide…

  • 2nd In A Lifetime HCREIT Investment Opportunity

    View Of Retired Analyst, Baby Boomer And Senior Housing Resident I began my career as a stock analyst in 1997 covering health care REITs (HCREITs) and senior housing operators (SHOs). I established my credibility with institutional investors beginning in the year 2000 by recommending select HCREITs when over-building, a recession and changes in skilled nursing…

  • My Wife and I Have Moved To A Life-Plan Retirement Community

    My last post on the Robust Retirement blog was over six months ago. 2023 was a challenging year for my wife, Carol, and me. We each had to deal with serious health issues, while also serving as each other’s primary care giver. In the fall of 2023, we decided we should move to a senior…

  • Selecting A life Plan Community in Baltimore for A Parkinson’s Patient

    On Thursday, November 9 at 7:00 pm, I presented a webcast for Baltimore’s Parkinson’s community on selecting a Life Plan community. While most Parkinson’s patients are cared for at home and through community-based programs sponsored by MAPS, some Parkinson’s patients will move to a senior housing community as their disease progresses, usually to relieve demands…

  • Photos of Life Plan Communities in Baltimore

    In my November 9, 2023 webcast for the Maryland Association for Parkinson’s Support (MAPS) I discuss Life Plan Communities (LPCs) as a housing option for Parkinson’s patients. LPCs were preciously called continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). The industry changed the terminology used to describe these communities to emphasize the lifestyle they offer, rather than their…

  • Types of Senior Housing and Terminology

    The slides below are background for my November 9, 2023 webcast for the Maryland Association for Parkinson’s Support on selecting a Life Plan Community for Parkinson’s patients in Baltimore.

  • LINK TO WEBINAR ON UNDERSTANDING SENIOR HOUSING & CARE OPTIONS – SELECTING A LIFE-PLAN COMMUNITY IN BALTIMORE

    On January 9, 17 and 23, 2023, Beth Am synagogue sponsored a 3-session webinar on senior housing and care options and selecting a Life-Plan Community in Baltimore. I led the webinar and was assisted in its preparation and presentation by Becky Bees, Marketing Director of Roland Park Place (RPP), the only Life-Plan Community in the…

  • LAI MEETING – APRIL 19, 2023 CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MD CONDOS USING HIGHFIELD HOUSE AS CASE STUDY

    On June 24, 2021 the 12-story, 136 unit, Champlain Towers South condominium in the Miami, FL suburb of Surfside collapsed. The collapse took only 12 seconds, killed nearly 100 people, and was among the worst structural failures in US history. Factors being investigated as causes for the collapse: long-term degradation of reinforced concrete structural support in the…

  • Convert Colleges to Senior Hsg. Enrollment Declines Create New Opportunities

    I have written three times before on this blog about augmenting college finances and declining enrollment by introducing senior housing on campus or by fully converting small college campuses into senior housing communities. The first time was February 2, 2019, in response to an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal about the challenges facing…

  • Are Baby Boomers Now Ready for Seniors Housing?

    I am 72. I graduated college 50 years ago and am a quintessential baby boomer. I studied seniors housing and care as a real estate market and stock analyst for more than 20 years. I spent several years raising capital and advising companies in the seniors housing and care space and served on the board…

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