Art is a way for people to express feelings that are difficult to convey in words. It can benefit residents and their families as well as others.
REIT investments suggest a healthy future for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 31, 2017
Back-to-back earnings calls Friday morning suggested a healthy future for senior living operators, as two large public healthcare real estate investment trusts relayed the growing place that senior living...
And an old man shall lead them
By
John O'Connor
Feb 15, 2024
Politics can be a dreadful, messy and sometimes filthy business. But if you happen to be running a senior living organization, ignoring politics is a luxury you can ill afford.
Falls can cost more than an arm and a leg
By
John O'Connor
Oct 31, 2014
Long-term care operators have many good reasons to keep resident falls to an absolute minimum. Yet it’s amazing how blasé we’ve become about the damage that falls inflict.
You don’t want federal rules? So what’s your plan?
By
John O'Connor
Nov 26, 2018
It’s just a matter of time until federal rules are put in place, for two likely reasons.
University partnership benefits students and seniors
By
Benjamin Stevens
Oct 17, 2016
The memory support neighborhood at Covenant Village of Florida was buzzing with youthful energy, conversations about Frank Sinatra and baseball, and anticipation. Students from Nova Southeastern University’s...
Latest risk considerations for REITs and seniors housing
By
David Friend
Mike Musick
Jun 22, 2015
With the seniors housing industry motivated to build and M&A transactions continuing to increase, consideration of long-term trends is vital.
What are the scouts saying about your long-term care organization?
By
John O'Connor
Jul 25, 2014
There is no draft in senior living, nor really a need for one. But what if its three most dominant players were to be sized up? How might the scouts rate skilled care, assisted living and home care, respectively?...
Older adults need care that reflects, anticipates needs to prevent rehospitalization
By
Amanda Tufano
Sep 30, 2021
Making things easier for the older adults in our lives will give us all less reason to worry about healthcare as we grow older.
Bad roads and resident falls: what’s the holdup?
By
John O'Connor
Mar 15, 2018
We should have made more progress on falls among the elderly by now, yet this problem not only persists, it may be getting worse.