Tag: assisted living

I recently toured Opus, an inspiring new senior living development in Newton, Massachusetts, and then had a conversation with its founder, Amy Schectman, on my Risking Old Age in America podcast. Amy explained to me how she had helped develop both a high-end senior living development, NewBridge on the Charles, and lower-income senior housing, Brown Family Life. Wit…
The consulting firm Milliman recently published its 2025 Long-Term Care Index, calculating that – on average – 65-year-olds should set aside $135,000 for their future high-intensity long-term care needs. Great Variability While an average figure can be a helpful anchor point, Milliman’s estimates show substantial variability based on gender, location, and health status, among other factors. For instance,…