The Decision to Move to a Continuing Care Retirement Community

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy W. Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Retirement Community ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Continuing Care Retirement Community

Tray Service Generates More Food Waste in Dining Areas of a Continuing-Care Retirement Community

1997 ◽  
Vol 97 (8) ◽  
pp. 879-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
BONNIE L HACKES ◽  
CAROL W SHANKLIN ◽  
TAEHEE KIM ◽  
ALLAN Y SU
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Retirement Community ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Continuing Care Retirement Community

Group Diabetes Patient Education: A MODEL FOR USE IN A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inez Wendel ◽  
Samuel C Durso ◽  
Brian Zable ◽  
Kimberly Loman ◽  
Robin E Remsburg
Keyword(s):  
Patient Education ◽  
Diabetes Patient ◽  
Retirement Community ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Continuing Care Retirement Community

Transition and Adaptation to the Continuing Care Retirement Community From a Life Course Perspective: Something Old, Something New, and Something Borrowed

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liat Ayalon
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Retirement Community ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Linked Lives ◽  
Continuing Care Retirement Community

The study examined the accounts of older adults and their adult children concerning the transition to the continuing care retirement community (CCRC) and the adjustment to it, using a life course perspective. Up to three waves of interviews, consisting of a total of 187 interviews with older adults and their adult children, were conducted between 6 months and 6 years from the transition to the CCRC. Thematic analysis was employed using comparisons across groups of interviewees (older adults and adult children) and waves of interviews (up to three waves) to identify core categories of meaning. Time perception was an organizing principle across interviews. Both older adults and their adult children perceived themselves as moving forward and backward in time following the transition to the CCRC and future expectations for deterioration. The study emphasizes the linked-lives of older adults and their adult children.

scholarly journals Prevalence of older adults with low muscle mass living in a residential continuing care retirement community in Florida

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Hunt ◽  
Sareen S. Gropper ◽  
Kelly A. Miller ◽  
Barbara Tymczyszyn ◽  
Deborah Chapa
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Bioelectrical Impedance ◽  
Retirement Community ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Index ◽  
Continuing Care Retirement Community

Muscle mass, strength, and function have been shown to decline with aging, and if of sufficient magnitude can result in sarcopenia. This study’s objective was to determine the prevalence of low muscle mass in a group of adults living in a “premier” Florida residential continuing care retirement community. The sample consisted of 80 older adults, ranging from young old (65-74 years) to the oldest old (85+ years) with the oldest participant being 94 years. Skeletal muscle mass was assessed via bioelectrical impedance analysis. Skeletal muscle index values were calculated and compared with established cut-off values to classify each individual’s muscle mass as normal or low (sarcopenic). The prevalence of sarcopenia among the males was 66% and among females was 73%. When examined by age, 56% of those in their 70s, 73% of those in their 80s, and 79% of adults in their 90s had low muscle mass indicative of sarcopenia. This study found a higher prevalence for sarcopenia in females and males, especially among the oldest groups, than previously reported in a nationally representative sample of adults. This study’s findings also suggest the need for further studies examining whether the prevalence of low muscle mass among adults in either classification varies with socioeconomic status and ethnicity. Continuing care retirement communities may provide excellent environments for the screening, diagnosis, and implementation of exercise and nutritional programs for residents to help prevent or attenuate sarcopenia’s deleterious effects. Nurse practitioners must incorporate screening for sarcopenia in their wellness package for their patients. Screening, nutritional education and support and exercise prescriptions are vital to prevent associated decline from sarcopenia.

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