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- Overview
  Get a more in-depth overview of senior living options to choose from.
- Active Adult/55+
  Communities that offer relatively maintenance-free independent living residences to those ages 55 and over.
- Independent Living
  Residential living for older adults who don’t need assistance. It’s ideal for seniors seeking a vibrant social environment.
- Assisted Living
  Residential living that provides a range of personalized help with activities of daily living.
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities
  Communities that provide progressive levels of care on a single campus, allowing adjustments when health needs change.
- Memory Care
  Communities specially designed to support adults living with Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia.
- Skilled Nursing
  A licensed residential facility that offers on-site skilled care for those who need a higher level of care than an assisted living facility can provide.
- Other Options & Care
  Learn who benefits most from home care options, hospice care and respite care.
- Overview
  Learn why Senior Living can be an affordable – and beneficial – alternative to remaining in a house.
- Paying for Senior Living
  Explore the many options available to you that can help offset the cost of senior living.
- Selling a House
  Get an in-depth look at how you can use your house – or the sale of it – to pay for a senior community.
- Insurance
  Long-term care insurance and other policies can be complicated. We’ll break it down.
- Savings, Income, and Assets
  In addition to proceeds from a house sale, learn more about how families use personal assets to fund the costs.
- Veterans Benefits
  Everything you need to know about the cost benefits available to Veterans and their spouses.
- Medicare and Medicaid
  Learn when Medicare and Medicaid can help cover your costs.
- Tax Benefits
  Discover how tax deductions may add up to substantial savings.
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Karl Pillemer, PhD

Hazel E. Reed Professor of Human Development Cornell University

Professor of Gerontology in Medicine @ Weill Cornell Medicine
Director of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging

Bio

Karl Pillemer, Ph.D. is the Hazel E. Reed Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. Since 1993, he has been Director of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging, which is devoted to using research to improve the care and quality of life of older people.

Dr. Pillemer has developed and evaluated a number of evidence-based interventions for long-term care staff, including Partners in Caregiving, which builds cooperation and communication between nursing home staff and family members, and the Retention Specialist Program, which improves the ability of nursing homes to retain frontline staff.

His current work includes seeking solutions for the problem of resident-to-resident aggression in long-term care.

Dr. Pillemer is also known for his work on the family relationships of older people, with a special emphasis on older parent-adult child relationships, including the dynamics of intergenerational caregiving.

Throughout his career Dr. Pillemer has focused on creating a better marriage of science and service by studying and improving methods of research translation in aging. He is the author of over 170 scientific publications and was the recipient of the Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Contributions to Health Aging from the Gerontological Society of America.

He is committed to extending gerontological knowledge to audiences outside academia, most notably through his books for general audiences, including the best-selling 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans.