50 senior living and care companies honored on ‘Best Workplaces’ lists for 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 20, 2021
Fifty companies providing residential senior living and care are in the spotlight after Fortune announced its Best Workplaces for Aging Services lists for 2021, the fourth round of such lists Fortune has...
Benchmark CCRC to aid homeless through new collaboration
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2019
A Massachusetts continuing care retirement community will provide emergency housing for older residents of the town who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, under a new collaboration.
Benchmark Senior Living named among ‘Best Places to Work’
Apr 26, 2017
Waltham, MA-based Benchmark Senior Living has been named one of the Boston Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” for the sixth time.
KKR is new financial partner for Benchmark
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2019
New York-based global investment firm KKR & Co. is a new financial partner for Benchmark Senior Living, buying 48 communities that formerly were owned by real estate investment trust Welltower.
U.S. News launches ‘Best Senior Living’ program
By
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...
5 insights from NIC’s Middle Market Investor Summit
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2019
Several panelists shared insights about current and potential efforts to meet middle-income older adults’ senior housing and care needs on Tuesday at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Gerald Hamilton new leader of NCAL Board of Directors
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 14, 2021
Gerald Hamilton, owner of BeeHive Homes of Albuquerque in New Mexico has been named chair of the National Center for Assisted Living Board of Directors for the 2021-2022 term. Hamilton also will serve...
LeadingAge, 56 other groups call for mandatory COVID vaccination for workers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2021
LeadingAge joined 56 other healthcare professional associations Monday in calling for a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for long-term care and other healthcare workers.
Benchmark turns to artificial intelligence to attract, keep real workers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2018
Benchmark Senior Living will harness data, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics in an effort to tackle the senior living industry’s biggest challenge, worker recruiting and retention,...
Meet Carol Gordon, 2024 Spirit Award winner
By
Adam Healy
Jun 30, 2024
Carol Gordon, resident care associate at Benchmark Senior Living’s The Village at Willow Crossings in Waltham, MA, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.