Riverside, CA, first primary market to reach pre-pandemic stabilized occupancy level
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2022
Riverside, CA, is the first of the 31 primary markets that NIC MAP follows to reach its pre-pandemic stabilized occupancy level, according to the intra-quarterly snapshot released Thursday by the National...
It’ll be a shame if we don’t act soon to address caregiver issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2016
The United States probably won’t be implementing one country’s ideas to address challenges related to an aging population, but we need to do something, and quickly.
Navigate the middle market by checking the right boxes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 08, 2024
The 2019 “Forgotten Middle” study highlighted the need for housing and care for older adults with incomes too high to qualify for federal assistance but not enough resources to be able to afford private-pay...
Value-based models may help improve occupancy, increase investor confidence post-COVID, speakers say
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 25, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust healthcare for older adults into the spotlight, making access to services an important part of an operator’s value proposition for both residents and investors, speakers...
More than a feeling
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2023
Many of us may have positive feelings about the senior living industry and the benefits it offers. Now Argentum is pursuing a course of action to put some numbers behind those feelings.
Integrated social–medical model presents opportunities for assisted living operators: panelists
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 15, 2021
Assisted living’s move from a social model to a medical model — or at least a hybrid model — presents marketing and other opportunities for providers, speakers said Wednesday during a leadership...
Big senior living stories of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...
Cementing senior living’s role in care continuum key focus area for NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2023
SAN DIEGO — Senior living is part of the continuum of care. The theme of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Conference echoed throughout Thursday’s sessions taking a look...
COVID-19 leads NIC founder Bob Kramer to start new company to ‘rethink aging’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2020
Bob Kramer transitioned from CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care in mid-2017, becoming senior adviser to the organization he had co-founded in 1991. At the time, starting a...
Partnerships critical to serving middle-income older adults, NIC speakers say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2020
Panelists discussed how to cost-effectively deliver healthcare to middle-income older adults in senior housing on Thursday at the NIC Spring Conference.