New research could help attract residents, but a to-do list remains
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 07, 2021
Senior living operators received some good news last week with the publication of the results of a long-awaited study of COVID mortality rates in the United States in residential senior housing and care...
New insights into how to attract residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 09, 2021
There’s a lot to take in related to the American Seniors Housing Association’s second national consumer survey, conducted in December with ProMatura. Results were released Monday.
COVID-19, in some respects, made senior living more appealing: survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2021
COVID-19 didn’t do much to change opinions of potential future senior living residents, with the appeal of those communities mostly increasing in the wake of the pandemic, according to the results of...
Recovering from emotional, economic effects of pandemic will dominate senior living in 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2021
Virus-related matters will dominate the actions of senior living owners and operators for the time being, industry leaders told McKnight’s Senior Living.
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...
Your favorite columns of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
In a year dominated by the coronavirus, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 popped up more than once as a topic of our most-read columns of 2020 when we examined analytics related to website visitors,...
How older adults’ perceptions due to COVID-19 affect the future of senior living
By
Jim Moore
Dec 11, 2020
Operators will need to take several steps to make prospective residents feel safe.
Become ‘roaring mouse’ to battle negative narratives created by COVID-19 pandemic: speakers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 12, 2020
COVID-19 found aging services providers in the trenches battling negative narratives. Countering those messages, however, industry professionals collectively became the “mouse that roared,” according...
ASHA launches second phase of consumer campaign to build confidence in industry
Oct 29, 2020
The American Seniors Housing Association announced Wednesday that it has begun the second phase of a public relations campaign promoting the senior living industry in the midst of the pandemic.
Some changes will be permanent post-pandemic
By
Jim Moore
Oct 21, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for several changes in the design and operation of senior housing. Many of those changes are likely to be permanent in senior housing in the future.