According to a 2018 research study conducted by FamilyAssets Group, LLC, nursing homes receive three times as many bad reviews as assisted living communities. Family Assets used reviews by residents posted online, as their primary data source.
Change can go either way, but thankfully, it is going in a good direction for retirement housing and those who use these types of homes. High-ranking members of this industry like Robert Kramer are talking about how the industry is attempting to change to appeal to a new generation of senior Americans.
Last year, the National Center for Assisted Living reported in its yearly “Assisted Living State Regulatory Review” that the United States experienced an increase of policy, regulation and statute changes related to assisted living facilities and communities as compared to previous years. Although the number of states decreased from 2016 to 2017 from 23 the previous year to 17, a study of regulation changes by state from June 2017 to June 2018 revealed that 29 states were involved in the process of changing existing rules related to assisted living.