NHRetirementLiving

2022: 2 Day version, focusing on CCRCs and other housing variations

4 Day version with Steve Gilvar: 2019: Fridays, Oct 4,11,18 and 25; 2018: Oct 12-Nov 2,

The scope here is for long-term, active living options Short URL for this page is: https://is.gd/NHretirement

These include 55+ housing communities, 55+ apartment housing, Continuing/Life Care communities -- both non-profit and commercial. [Not included would be nursing care facilities or assisted living facilities unless they are incorporated into the more active living situations]

Home Service Models; 55+ focused living - residences, condos, apartments, mobile homes ..

To facilitate an ongoing discussion, we have created a "SIG" with an online discussion forum at: https://groups.io/g/OLLI-RT

Link to Presentation is: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U4pLll1OCE56tPzU6gNM1Vuu-7tIqoJ_/view?usp=sharing

Session 1

• Introduction to concepts, terminology, resources

• Identifying participant's interests, objectives

• Do NH Natives have a different view from "newbies"

• What are the questions/Considerations?

• What does "Independent Living" mean to you? (to your spouse, kids, potential guardian...)

• Staying where you are

  • Seniors helping Seniors

  • In-home, at-home services

  • Hunt at Home

• AARP concept of livable communities and 2018 (just released) Survey results

• AARP article "Can you afford to age in place?"

Session 2 -- Continuing Care Retirement Communities

• Birch Hill video describing CCRC options at high level

• Map of the 13+ CCRCs in NH (here)

• Getting good advice - Legal, Accountant, etc.

Session 3

• Condos, Apartments

• 55+ community options

• Guest: Steve Nelson President of a local Home Association in a 55+ condo community

Session 4

• We start with Elder Law lawyer, Sara Ambrogi, Esq.

• Manufactured homes

• House Sharing

• Multi-generational approaches

NH Town by Town "healthy aging" report information now available (2019)

• https://healthyagingdatareports.org/new-hampshire-healthy-aging-data-report/

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (vary from active retirement living though nursing care, in some cases in the same facility)

• AARP article on CCRCs

• 10 Questions to ask about CCRCs; CANHR information on CCRCs; Seniorly article on CCRCs

• National Continuing Care Residents Association (may not be active in 2019)

NH Non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC):

[evaluation of non-profits and recent IRS form 990s available from IRS, Guidestar, or ProPublica ]

NH Insurance Dept List of CCRC's and annual report information

• Sliverstone

  • Hunt Nashua

  • Huntington Nashua

  • (Hunt at Home is an alternative approach)

• Taylor Community

  • Laconia

  • Wolfboro

• RiverWoods Group

  • RiverWoods Exeter

  • RiverWoods Durham (2020 completion)

  • Birch Hill Terrace - Manchester

• RiverMead - Peterborough

• Havenwood Heritage Heights - 2 locations in Concord

• Hillside Village, Keene (new)

• Wesley Woods, Laconia

• The Baldwin, Londonderry (2022) [associated with Edgewood in Mass.]

• Mass Options at https://www.mass.gov/service-details/continuing-care-retirement-communities

• Peabody Home - Franklin

• Kendal At Hanover

• Wentworth Senior Living - Portsmouth

Village to Village Network (collaboration of sr. home owners based on "Villages" model)

• The Seacoast Villages Project - Age Quest, LLC Porthsmouth

• Community Care of Lyme - Lyme NH

• Monadnock at Home - Jaffery NH

• Cheshire Village at Home - Keene, NH

• VIllage Network - Nashua, NH (Life Coping, Inc.)

Rental Units, modular homes, etc.

• Just using Google Maps and asking for New Hampshire 55+ apartments (not all are 55+)

• Medvil Cooperative (Many mobile home parks were converted to co-op ownership by the NH Community Loan Fund)

• www.LivingInnovations.com (Supporting persons with disabilities)

• www.RetirementHomes.com (search tool for selected properties)

• www.RetirementLiving.com (search tool ...)

• www.TopRetirements.com ( lists locations outside of US as well as by state)

• www.NHModularHomes.com (sells units)

Commercial residences (mostly condos and housing developments promoted by commercial sales entities)

• https://www.55places.com/new-hampshire/region/southern-new-hampshire

• https://www.after55.com/senior-housing/nh

• http://www.best-nh-homes-real-estate.com/southern-new-hampshire-adult-communities.php

• https://www.bestguide-retirementcommunities.com/newhampshireretirementcommunities.html

• http://activeadultliving.com/NH/new-hampshire

• https://www.retirementliving.com/new-hampshire

Concept Resources:

• NH State PLan on Aging (June 2019)

• Link to all NH Dept. of Health & Human Services licensed facilities

• Aging in place resources: http://www.ageinplace.org/Local-Chapters/New-Hampshire

• Jan 2018 NH Magazine "Guide to Retirement Living" (advertising insert)

• Dibbbern site national index of senior living options

• CoHousing -- national Directory

  • Alternative to Downsizing (Kaiser Health News Nov 2017)

  • Multi-age Nubanusit Farm, Pinnacle (Lyme),

• https://www.senioradvisor.com/ (requires registration for details)

Beyond the scope of this class (long term care, memory care facilities, assisted living facilities, etc.)

• • After55.com -- lists many options

• A Place for Mom -- requires registration - lists a range of communities nation wide, can sort by location, type...

• (although if you Google "62+ Apartments near me" ... you get to placeformom listings without registration.)

• Assisted Living Locators, an operation parallel to Place for Mom (registration)

• Genisis Health Care communities such as Langdon Place (Nashua, Keene, Manchester, etc.)

• Assisted Living Locator service (free, referral fees cover costs)