Is senior living prepared for the incoming wave of middle-income older adults?
By
Lynne Moore
Nov 27, 2023
Senior housing operators, healthcare and other service providers and public policy makers are going to have to work together to develop creative solutions to serving this significant middle-income cohort.
Building for the middle market means a ‘fair product at a fair price’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2023
When Washington state-based Wesley embarked on a total redevelopment of its more than 80-year-old campus, executives reached into their history of mission and service to target a growing area of need:...
Advice for those interested in the middle market
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 06, 2023
For senior living and care organizations looking to begin serving the middle market — and judging by the standing-room-only crowd at a session during the LeadingAge Annual Meeting Sunday afternoon, there...
Integrating housing and healthcare to stimulate move-ins and margins
By
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...
Innovation will attract the next-generation consumer to senior living, speakers say
By
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...
The big shift coming to senior living
By
Matt Thornhill
Oct 23, 2023
What’s going to happen when members of your best consumer segment don’t need you anymore? We know they already don’t want what you offer.
Senior housing future must prioritize affordability, connected health services, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 09, 2022
Consumers are going to force change in senior living due to their enormous needs and demands — but not for the products that exist today, according to industry experts.
Middle market is ‘the future of life plan communities,’ providers say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 26, 2022
Serving middle-income individuals is the future of life plan communities, Episcopal Retirement Services President and CEO Laura Lamb says.
Rate surge seen as threat to middle market enthusiasm
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2022
Many senior living and care providers across the country have raised their rates this year, as inflation continues to drive expenses for staples such as food, supplies and energy.
Senior living’s challenge of omission and commission
By
John O'Connor
Sep 22, 2022
Long-term care could be made better with funding from Congress. But for now, it appears we’ll have to settle for a congressional commission.