Five Star becomes first organization to start new J.D. Power Senior Living Community Certification process
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 24, 2018
Five Star Senior Living has become the first organization to commit to a new community certification program that one industry expert says could “take the industry to its next level.”
Assisted living occupancy drops to record low in second quarter
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 13, 2018
The occupancy rate for assisted living continued its downward trend in the second quarter, falling lower than last quarter’s record-low average of 85.7% to a low of 85.2%, according to data released...
Two paths to higher occupancy, per NIC
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 14, 2018
Two paths can help senior living operators prevent occupancy from dropping any further, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
22 markets see occupancy challenges in first quarter
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 26, 2018
Twenty-two of the 31 markets tracked by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care had senior living community occupancy rates that were lower in the first quarter than year-earlier levels,...
Assisted living occupancy hits record low of 85.7%, NIC says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2018
Assisted living occupancy reached a record low in the first quarter of 2018, according to data released Thursday by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
CCRCs alone in occupancy increase this year, report says
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 16, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities will be the only segment of senior living and long-term care to see increased occupancy in 2018, according to commercial real estate investment sales, financing,...
Flu initiative results in ‘significant reductions’ in illness, deaths, Capital Senior Living...
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2018
Capital Senior Living’s first national public health initiative to better protect residents from the effects of the flu resulted in “significant reductions in infections, hospitalizations and...
Memory care will be big growth area in 2018, senior living leaders predict
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2018
Memory care will be the biggest growth area in senior living and long-term care in 2018, predict executives participating in Lancaster Pollard’s “2018 Seniors Housing and Care Survey,”...
Senior living market fundamentals stagnant in fourth quarter
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2018
Occupancy, annual absorption and construction as a share of existing inventory in senior living remained unchanged in the fourth quarter compared with the third quarter, the National Investment Center...
Memory care occupancy increasing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2018
Occupancy in memory care increased in the third quarter, somewhat reversing from a downward trend that had begun in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...