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NEW COMFORT LIFE RETIREMENT LIVING GUIDE FOR 2024

The annual Comfort Life Retirement Living Guide is being delivered to homes Canada-wide this week through The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The Calgary Herald, The Vancouver Sun, and The Ottawa Citizen. It’s the only guide of its kind, and when readers research senior living, they find your community featured alongside other communities and trustworthy information that helps families make informed decisions.

This information includes:

• "Why Seniors Embrace Community Living" explores 14 compelling benefits, from making easy friendships to enhanced safety, freedom from household chores, and eleven others.
• "Knowing When to Move" features advice from transition experts on navigating senior care conversations and overcoming common objections from loved ones.
• "Paying for Senior Living" provides practical tools to compare current living costs with retirement home fees, along with financial planning tips.
• "Exploring the Range of Lifestyle Options" breaks down different living and care options, making it easier for seniors to understand their choices.
• "The Present and Future of Senior Living" shares trends shaping senior living taken from the most recent interviews in our Inspiring Leaders series.
• "Choosing the Right Community" offers a step-by-step guide, complete with a research checklist and expert tips on how to make a smooth transition.
• "Insights from Residents and Families" shares real-life stories curated from some of our best video interviews, giving readers a preview of how senior living can transform their lives.

Readers have praised the guide as commendable, informative, and excellent. That compilation of helpful, objective, pertinent information leads into our Retirement Living Directory where your community is featured. Is trust central to your brand? Appearing in Comfort Life reinforces that by placing you in The Trusted Source for senior living information.

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IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN

Missed out on joining this year’s print guide? No worries—there’s still time to be included on ComfortLife.ca.

• Learn about membership
• Hear what our members say about Comfort Life
• Discover what our users say

COMPLETE YOUR ONLINE REPORT

Key information on your ComfortLife.ca report further reinforces the trust families have in you. Be sure you do the following:

• Answer brand identity questions in both text and video to showcase your distinct brand and how you welcome newcomers.
• Book video interviews with enthusiastic residents and family, if you’re included in this year’s early bird or gold members.
• Collect long-form user reviews from upbeat residents and appreciative family members (regardless of your membership level).

Of course, you can also update any of the following:

• Basic information including your address, contact information, images, community details, and coupons
• Lifestyle and care levels including care variants, starting costs, and health and support services
• Staffing information
• Suite information including sizes, associated costs, and included features
• Amenities and services, as well as programs and activities
• Dining information including meal services, seatings, and special diets
• Photos and videos that capture your community in action
• Move-in requirements
• Manager’s message
• Upcoming events and your latest news
• Neighbourhood information
• Social media feeds
• Accreditations and associations

Families appreciate your transparency and dedication to helping them understand your values. Here’s just one example:

“The retirement home listings made it easier for us in terms of looking at our particular needs, [helping us] look at the big picture. It’s sort of a one-stop shop, where we could learn everything from an unbiased perspective… That was a relief to us because, to be perfectly honest, looking for a retirement home is a heck of a lot harder than trying to find a condo. It’s like the MLS for retirement communities.”
—Angelica Aguilera, looking for a retirement home for her mother

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