We’ve all been aging since the day we were born, but is there a right time to start thinking about senior living? For Steve Gurney, it was in his early 40s. During a yearlong project, Steve moved into five different senior living communities to get the full experience. Steve will share firsthand insight and advice about what to look for when searching for a senior living community. This is the perfect time to dip your toes in the water and get to know the team at Charter Senior Living. Steve is the Founder of the Positive Aging Community and develops innovative products to help seniors make the best choices in Retirement living. He is a Senior Marketing Institute award winner and the Founder and Publisher of the Positive Aging SourceBook.

For more information about Charter Senior Living Charter Senior Living currently manages over 60 senior living communities across the United States. 

Mission: To Enhance the Human Spirit. At Charter Senior Living, our mission statement and core values unite us in our purpose – and our passion. We strive to be a caring and compassionate leader within the senior living industry, but more importantly, our goal is to demonstrate that commitment to our residents … Every. Single. Day.

Visit any Charter Senior Living community on any given day … and, from the moment you step through our doors, we think you’ll experience the difference …

Questions Asked: 

• Steve, so could you or would you share and tell us what happened with your grandfather and their care? Did the family place them in a senior care location?
• I am concerned about the impact of private equity in the senior living space. I am interested in moving to CCRC. Specifically, my concern is were I to move into a CCRC today, what protections would I have that the CCRC would maintain its quality of service and commensurate quality of service in higher levels of care?
• “My husband is like 7 years older than me with co morbidity.
• So when it’s the right time to move in assisted living  even though I’m still independent..
• Maybe be I know the answer but I want to know your perspective?”
• How about Villages (Village to Village network)?  I belong to At Home in Alexandria.
• Pros/cons rental community with levels of care (such as Brightview)  vs nonprofit  CCRC (such as Goodwin House) vs for profit CCRC  (such as The Fairfax , both of which have entrance fees
• “Is there a future expectation for healthcare in those communities?
• Is assisted living an age eligibility requirement?”
• I have heard that these older adult communities can be cliquish like in high school. How can one avoid these cliques?
• Can you comment on “adult family homes,” please?
• where to find a NOC–natural occurring community in the DC area?
• What are entry fees all about?
• Steve can you share Arvette’s webinar on Senior Living Contracts? https://www.retirementlivingsourcebook.com/videos/understanding-senior-living-community-contracts
• “What an amazing story, wow?
• Ask, Ask , Ask. Thank you so much for sharing. So the person was only fifty years of age when they had the accident and became disabled, and the whole family moved into the care community and the organization decided and said they would work with the whole family to make this care plan work for the good of the whole family. Thanks.”
• With aging Baby Boomers, many, new communities are being built today (visited some in Fairfax, VA). We’re 68 and plan to move to a CRCC when we are about 75 (hopefully as independent living).  How do we evaluate the new communities?  Any other advise in what we should do?
• Your grandfather, Entomologist? Is this the scientist who studies insects and zoology and animals? if yes, this is so interesting. Your grandfather, a professor, teacher, researcher, what did they do and what happened to all of their stuff. The cicadas have always been so interesting.
• Thnaks Steve, this was excellent presentatation!!! Ruth

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Steve Gurney Positive Aging Community

Steve Gurney founded Retirement Living SourceBook in 1990. Drawing from the experience of observing his family caring for Steve’s aging grandfather, he created a comprehensive publication to help others in the same situation. Over the next few years Steve expanded the publication to three regional editions, DC metro, State of Maryland, and the Philadelphia region. Steve has worked closely with nearly every regional and national organization on aging to help maximize their exposure and helping find solutions to their challenges.

In 1998, Mr. Gurney sold his company to The Washington Post where he served as General Manager of Sourcebook and the Senior Living Solutions Division. In 2019, Mr. Gurney acquired the resource back, and has re-branded as Positive Aging Community adding a new design and content, distribution partners, podcasts, and a robust schedule of live and interactive discussions with thought-leaders on a wide variety of topics.

In addition, Mr. Gurney founded ProAging Network meetings and leads the DC Senior Resource Group important resources for senior-serving professionals.

Mr. Gurney serves or has served on the board of directors for the Grass Roots Organization for the Well-Being of Seniors (GROWS), Alzheimer’s Association, Interages, Business and Aging Task Force, Virginia Intergenerational Task Force, and the Beacon Institute. Steve has served on countless committees and provided guidance to help organizations and businesses better serve the senior population. Mr. Gurney has received awards and recognition from the Seabury Resources for Aging, Maryland Assisted Living Association, the Senior Marketing Institute and other notable organizations. Steve is a regular speaker at local, regional and national events and has been featured in regional and national publications, electronic and broadcast media.

Steve Gurney received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Old Dominion University and a Masters Degree from the Erickson School of Aging Studies at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).

Mr. Gurney served as an adjunct professor at Erickson School of Aging Studies at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), instructing in the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Steve is a competitive endurance athlete and certified level 2 Adaptive Snowboard Instructor with the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI), a certified level 2 Stand Up Paddleboard Instructor with the American Canoe Association (ACA). In the winter he instructs with Blue Ridge Adaptive Snow Sports at Liberty Mountain Resort, and for over eight years he led operations and a team of instructors at Surf Reston Stand Up Paddleboarding, which he turned over to Reston Association.