Ventas sees ‘robust demand’ in senior living portfolio
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 24, 2022
Occupancy in real estate investment trust Ventas’ senior housing operating portfolio increased 110 basis points (1.1%) to 83.3% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with the previous quarter, the Chicago-based...
Optimism on operating margins tempered by occupancy recovery, workforce challenges: NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 14, 2022
About half of senior living (independent and assisted living) and skilled nursing operators anticipate that operating margins will improve in the next six months, up from one-third last fall, according...
Occupancy increases for assisted living, nursing homes; decreases for memory care: NIC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 14, 2022
Assisted living and nursing homes occupancy is on the rise, but memory care communities are seeing declining occupancy, according to the latest NIC Executive Survey Insights report released Thursday.
5 items for senior living’s 2022 to-do list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2022
The leaders of five organizations active in the senior living space recently shared with me their insights on the biggest challenges facing the industry. Culled from their comments is a list of action...
Senior living occupancy increases for second quarter in a row; delta variant has little effect
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2022
Senior living (independent living and assisted living combined) occupancy increased for the second consecutive quarter, rising to 81% in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to NIC MAP data released Thursday...
Senior living occupancy recovery may stretch into 2023 — or 2028, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 05, 2022
SAs the pandemic nears its second anniversary, occupancy appears to be moving in a positive direction but still may be in recovery mode at this time next year — and maybe for much longer, industry leaders...
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
Senior housing: Positive outlook with challenging unknowns
By
Matt Caine
Dec 13, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has presented a myriad of challenges for the senior housing sector. Even with the vaccine rollout earlier this year, many of these issues remain as the virulent delta variant and...
After months of increases, SNF occupancy slowed in September: NIC report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 10, 2021
Reversing a seven-month trends, skilled nursing occupancy declined to 75.1% between August and September. That amounted to a 27 basis points downturn, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly...
A different way to support the senior living industry
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2021
Scott Tittle joined VIUM Capital as a managing director and the national lender’s first head of government relations and external affairs in September after serving as executive director of the National...