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Eldercare Issues Discussion Group
Bringing national experience in Life Care Communities to Pennswood Village
“He drew a circle that shut me out—
Heretic, a rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!”
(Edwin Markham, 1852-1940)
The Eldercare Issues Discussion Group is a gathering of Pennswood Village residents who monitor and discuss issues and trends in the ever-changing Life Care industry. Its participants seek to discern and define best practices in all areas of resident life, notably with respect to financial transparency, health care, and resident participation in governance. The Group’s members share their information and concerns with Pennswood Village’s residents, its management, and its Board of Directors, with residents in other continuing care communities, and with state and federal officials and legislative bodies. [May 22, 2024]
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 below:
Our Current Meeting Agenda. (Click Here)
We usually meet on the fourth Thursday of each month at 3:30 pm Eastern time. The agenda is posted here and replaced monthly when the next agenda is published.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.