ORANJ
The Organization of Residents
Associations of New Jersey

ORANJ welcomes into membership
all Residents Associations of certified
Continuing Care Resident Communities (CCRCs)
in the State of New Jersey.

MEETING REPORT:
Involvement and Empowerment

About 125 people attended the Fall, 2008 meeting of ORANJ on October 15 at Arbor Glen. In welcoming the audience, James Wells, the CEO of the CCRC commented on a number of positive changes that he had noted. These included the greater empowerment of residents along with greater involvement of residents in governance of their CCRC. He also said that “the ears of management are more open.” The morning speaker was Carol Ann Campbell, Medical Staff Writer at the Star Ledger since 1998. The afternoon session was devoted to energy issues and was given by John Shure, President of NJ Policy Perspectives. He described the challenges and goals of the energy master plan of NJ. ...more...

The long campaign of ORANJ for legislation to provide rights to residents of CCRCs was signed into law October 22, 2007 Story and photo

RESEARCH- FALL 2008

The Finance Committee completed its survey on practices regarding the deductibility of real estate tax and medical expense payments on residents' US and NJ personal income tax returns. Nineteen of the 24 CCRCS responded, providing answers to almost all of the 11 questions on the survey. Survey Results

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