SNF occupancy continued slow recovery through December, NIC says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 08, 2022
Skilled nursing facility occupancy in December 2021 hit its highest level since May 2020, according to data released Thursday by the NIC Skilled Nursing Data Initiative.
Healthcare Trust moves 20 Addington Place communities from Cedarhurst to Senior Lifestyle, Jaybird
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 04, 2022
Healthcare Trust Inc. announced Wednesday that it has transitioned management of 20 Addington Place-branded senior living communities to Senior Lifestyle Corp. and Jaybird Senior Living, effective March...
Senior living experiences highest year-over-year growth in asking rates since 2017: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 02, 2022
The independent living, assisted living and memory care sectors of long-term care in the fourth quarter of 2021 all experienced the highest year-over-year growth in asking rates since NIC MAP began reporting...
Senior living recovery driven by occupancy, rate increases: DHC CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 25, 2022
Describing 2020 as a year of defensive measures taken to withstand the effects of the pandemic, Diversified Healthcare Trust President and CEO Jennifer Francis said Thursday that proactive steps taken...
Senior living industry ripe for inventory growth: forecast
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2022
The senior living sector could see a robust uptick in inventory growth within four years, according to Sally Heffernan, senior vice president at Plante Moran Living Forward , the senior living development...
Brookdale sees 10 months of occupancy growth, sets labor, occupancy goals for 2022
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2022
Entering 2022 having experienced 10 months of sequential weighted average occupancy growth, Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living has identified strategies to improve occupancy further as well as...
Occupancy gains momentum; staffing remains challenge: Healthpeak CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 10, 2022
Although staffing challenges are affecting the entire healthcare continuum — including the continuing care retirement community sector — there are signs of improvement and good momentum on occupancy...
CCRC occupancy inches up to 85.7 percent in fourth quarter
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 03, 2022
Life plan community occupancy was 85.7% in the fourth quarter of 2021, up 0.3 percentage points from the third quarter and 1.4 percentage points from a pandemic low seen in the first two quarters of the...
Five Star Senior Living rebrands as AlerisLife, plans to diversify offerings
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 26, 2022
Newton, MA-based Five Star Senior Living has changed its name to AlerisLife Inc. effective immediately, the company announced this morning along with plans to expand its offerings to include active adult...
Senior living disruption means new models that promote inclusion, purpose
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2022
Increasing consumer demand, outside investment, reengineering of traditional models, and financial and staffing pressure on existing senior living operators are changing the industry, according to experts.