Middle-income Amerians nearing retirement face worsening health, fewer resources
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 25, 2023
Middle-income Americans nearing retirement face worsening health and economic well-being, according to a new Health Affairs study.
Innovation will attract the next-generation consumer to senior living, speakers say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 26, 2023
CHICAGO — The baby boomers will change the senior living industry dramatically and already are pushing it to a point of reckoning, according to a panel of experts discussing the next generation of 55-plus...
Lender gives reasons to be ‘bullish’ on senior housing and care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2021
The senior living sector no doubt has seen pandemic-related challenges, but “the fundamentals of the business are sound,” according to Matthew Ruark, senior vice president of commercial and healthcare...
Integrating housing and healthcare to stimulate move-ins and margins
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2023
CHICAGO — For decades, the senior housing industry catered to the business of wants, building on lessons from the hospitality industry in offering comfort, ease and fun. But only 10% of Americans have...
LTC Properties expects to ‘dig deep’ for transactions; older buildings, senior apartments of interest
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2020
For 2020, “early indications show that we will have to dig deep to find the kinds of transactions that best benefit our shareholders,” Westlake Village, CA-based LTC Properties’ Chairman, Chief Executive...
New report offers 4 ideas to meet the needs of the ‘forgotten middle’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2024
A new report released Tuesday by the Milken Institute presents four potential solutions to improving the financing and delivery of housing for the “forgotten middle,” those whose incomes are too low...
Black and Hispanic older adults in ‘Forgotten Middle’ are ‘worst off’
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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...
Past provides inspiration as Landis Communities plots its future
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 21, 2023
An original history of the first 30 years of one Pennsylvania-based provider’s journey proved prophetic as expansion plans circle back to the founder’s original vision of a community without walls.
To remain relevant, senior living operators must continue to innovate: speakers
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 20, 2020
Despite COVID-19 and its effects, one constant remains: the aging process continues.
Report suggests market opportunities for senior living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 19, 2023
Conventional wisdom that care at home is less costly than assisted living is not necessarily true anymore, according to a recent report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University and...