Speakers predict design, service, financing trends in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 09, 2016
Senior living, real estate management and banking professionals shared their thoughts on design, service and financing trends during a NIC 2016 Spring Investment Forum session.
Latest senior living stats reason to be ‘cautiously optimistic’ about comeback from pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2021
The latest NIC MAP quarterly data, released Thursday, provide reasons to be “cautiously optimistic” about the senior living industry’s comeback from the pandemic, National Investment Center for Seniors...
Assisted living occupancy drops to record low in second quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 13, 2018
The occupancy rate for assisted living continued its downward trend in the second quarter, falling lower than last quarter’s record-low average of 85.7% to a low of 85.2%, according to data released...
Prioritize senior living resident needs in COVID-19-related funding plans, ASHA tells Congress
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2020
Congress should prioritize the needs of senior living and nursing home residents in any funding efforts related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), American Seniors Housing Association President...
Middle muddle
By
John Hall
Oct 21, 2019
Investors eye margins, and developers explore affordable options.
Two paths to higher occupancy, per NIC
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 14, 2018
Two paths can help senior living operators prevent occupancy from dropping any further, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Building back occupancy will be a balancing act: speakers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 25, 2022
However long it takes, the process of building back occupancy will take new approaches, according to speakers at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Conference.
Senior living occupancy falls slightly in first quarter as industry braces for COVID-19 impact
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2020
Senior living occupancy fell slightly in the first quarter, according to NIC, but the data do not yet reflect the effects of COVID-19. Meanwhile, a new report from Marcus & Millichap predicts how senior...
54 percent of middle-income seniors could need housing, care help by 2029, NIC-funded study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2019
Fifty-four percent of the 14.4 million middle-income older adults in 2029 in the United States will lack the financial resources to pay for senior housing and care, and a combination of public and private...
Black and Hispanic older adults in ‘Forgotten Middle’ are ‘worst off’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2024
Trends in home ownership and equity, income, health and other issues indicate that millions of middle-income Black, Hispanic or rural older adults may not have the financial resources they need to pay...