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CCRCs, ALFs, and Private Equity: John Burton, Bill Applegate, & Melissa Aldridge
Two retired luminaries in geriatrics join us today to share their personal experiences. First, John Burton, a geriatrician and Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Johns Hopkins for some 35 years, shares his journey moving into a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) during Covid. You can read about John's early experiences in his JAGS commentary titled, "Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop." The tone is bleak. John's experience since Covid, as you'll hear, is very positive. Many of the concerns he raised about isolation have been addressed.
Second, we hear from Bill…
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