Texas among states with big gains in senior housing inventory
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 26, 2017
When it comes to senior living, Texas is hopping — or at least parts of it are.
Assisted living occupancy inches up in third quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 12, 2017
Occupancy in assisted living communities averaged 86.6% during the third quarter, up 0.2 percentage point from the second quarter, when it had fallen to its lowest point ever for the second time in 11...
5-year study aims to prove benefits of life plan community living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2017
A five-year study of more than 2,000 life plan community residents by the Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging and Northwestern University will try to determine the effects that living in such a community...
Kim Campbell is on a memory care mission
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 02, 2017
Three years after Glen Campbell received his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, his wife, Kim, didn’t know that memory care communities existed. Now she’s on a mission to ensure that other family...
$16 million, 5-year study will test artificial intelligence in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 29, 2017
IBM and the University of California San Diego on Thursday announced a $16 million, five-year collaboration that will test how artificial intelligence, or AI, can be used to help detect mild cognitive...
Gingrich: Look to alternatives to immigration for workforce solutions
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 28, 2017
Immigration isn’t the answer to senior living’s workforce challenges, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told those attending Wednesday’s opening general session of the National...
Senior living oversupply means $20 billion in capital not earning returns: NIC speakers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2017
Oversupply in senior living means that almost $20 billion in capital is not earning returns in the marketplace, two speakers told those attending a Tuesday afternoon session at the National Investment...
Way to grow! NIC will focus on key issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2017
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s new CEO, Brian Jurutka, lays out the organization’s plans for the future in this exclusive interview.
Joint effort aims to educate senior living executive directors about financial fraud
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 23, 2017
Four senior housing and care provider organizations have teamed up with the FINRA Investor Education Foundation to educate senior living executive directors about financial fraud and share resources that...
Senior housing transaction volume down 78% in second quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 23, 2017
Senior housing transaction volume in the second quarter was down 78% from the first quarter, mainly because of a decrease in institutional buyers, according to Bill Kauffman, senior principal at the National...