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Witnesses urge clearer CCRC definition, licensing and statewide consumer information
Summary
Speakers recommended the commission define CCRCs in state law, consider certification or licensing, and create a central repository for standardized consumer disclosures and wait‑list information on the Executive Office of Aging and Independence website.
Several witnesses told the Special Commission on Continuing Care Retirement Communities that Massachusetts should adopt a clearer statutory definition of a CCRC, consider licensing or certification, and create centralized consumer information to help prospective residents compare communities.
Sabine Hedberg, a resident of a Massachusetts CCRC, recommended that “the term continuing care retirement community should be defined specifically in Massachusetts General Law, chapter 9,376, to include communities that offer the full continuum of care” and that only certified communities be allowed to market themselves as CCRCs. Hedberg suggested the Department of Public Health’s…
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