| Description |
xiv, 326 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Wiley series in healthcare and senior living design |
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Wiley series in healthcare and senior living design.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Executive Strategy -- The Benchmarks -- The CCRC Executive Strategy -- Cooperation, Collaboration, and Shared Responsibility -- Executive Strategy Structure -- Critical Success Factors -- Enterprise Concept -- Executive Organization -- Finance and Law -- Marketing and Sales -- Residents -- Health Care -- Residents' Services -- Design and Build -- Standard of Performance -- Computer-Based Applications System -- Strategic Research -- Executive Leadership and Action -- Setting the Conditions for Success -- Benefits -- The Retirement Community Industry -- Risks and Rewards: A Case Study -- The Hampshire and The Fairford Opportunities -- The Leslie Organization -- Critical Success Factors -- A Comparison -- Evaluation of The Hampshire -- Evaluation of The Fairford -- William Leslie's Dilemma -- Critical Success Factors -- The Cypress and The Stratford -- James P. Coleman and The Cypress -- John A. Raiser and The Stratford -- Enterprise Concept -- Quality of Life for the Elderly -- The Cypress Strategy -- Thoughts About the Future -- Executive Organization -- Creating an Organization -- Career Opportunities -- Finance and Law -- The Cypress of Charlotte -- Legal Considerations -- A Legal Representative of the Residents Speaks -- Marketing and Sales -- Marketing Experience -- The Sales Challenge -- Sales Attitude -- Residents -- An Exceptional Contributor -- Moving In -- Health Care -- Director of Nursing -- Nurse Consultant -- Residents' Services -- Responsibilities -- Running the Business |
| Summary |
Part I identifies the eight critical success factors of a CCRC enterprise and illustrates them through an in-depth examination of two exemplary developments. The Cypress of South Carolina's Hilton Head Island and The Stratford in the San Francisco Peninsula. Part II details a computer-based "standard of performance" system to track progress and assess project performance. Finally, Part III examines how to use different types of research to stay on top of market trends and forecasts, legal and licensing requirements, and more |
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How can we provide the best possible quality of care to the elderly? How can architects, developers, and others capitalize on the growing senior housing industry and stay competitive in the future? How can the facilities they create deliver both good service and strong financial returns? While there are no easy answers to these important questions, the Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) model has emerged as a flexible and attractive option for providing combined housing, services, and nursing care to the elderly. Senior Residences equips architects and other industry professionals with a comprehensive, three-part strategic framework for designing and developing successful CCRC projects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 319-324) and index |
| Subject |
Life care communities -- United States -- Planning.
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Retirement communities -- United States -- Planning.
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| Author |
Raiser, Jennifer M., author
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Raiser, Phillip H., author
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| LC no. |
97041757 |
| ISBN |
0471190616 |
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9780471190615 |
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