The chief operating officer of the country’s largest senior living operator, Brookdale Senior Living, is leaving to pursue another opportunity, the company announced Monday. President and CEO Andy...
U.S. News launches ‘Best Senior Living’ program
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 07, 2021
U.S. News & World Report has launched a “Best Senior Living” initiative with the goal of releasing inaugural listings for consumers in the first quarter of 2022. The program will cover individual...
Investing in people, innovation, efficiencies makes senior living better: panel
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — A panel of senior living CEOs took the theme of the 2022 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Fall Conference to heart as they discussed how the industry needs to move...
Hiring frenzy: Brookdale and other senior living operators seek to address labor shortage with displaced...
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Amy Novotney
Apr 09, 2020
Senior living companies across the country have begun using the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to fill workforce vacancies with employees who have been laid off from other sectors. Top candidates...
Brookdale refinances $619 million in mortgage debt to increase liquidity
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 01, 2017
Brookdale Senior Living has refinanced $618.9 million in outstanding mortgage debt, including $389.9 million of debt that was scheduled to reach maturity next year, through a $975 million credit facility...
Fair housing group sues 6 communities
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2015
Six senior living communities are being sued by a fair housing council, which alleges that the communities discriminate in their requirements of current and prospective tenants.
Brookdale’s new CEO a ‘breath of fresh air’ but ‘still has much to prove,’...
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Lois A. Bowers
May 21, 2018
Brookdale Senior Living’s new CEO, Lucinda “Cindy” Baier is a “breath of fresh air,” but “she still has much to prove to the investment community to gain trust and credibility,”...
Resident found on bus died of hyperthermia complications, coroner says
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2016
Complications of hyperthermia were responsible for the death of an 84-year-old senior living resident whose body was found on her community’s travel bus the day after she went on an outing with fellow...
Senior living operators are not all in this together
By
John O'Connor
Aug 18, 2022
Is the senior living field about to blossom, or mired in trouble? The obvious answer: Yes and yes. But celebrate good times? Come on.
Entrepreneur tests walker as temporary senior living resident
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 08, 2017
The founder and CEO of a durable medical equipment manufacturer and distributor specializing in mobility aids is spending several days as a resident of a senior living community to test the usefulness...