Integrating key marketing components is key to solving senior living occupancy challenges
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2023
No “silver bullet” exists to solve occupancy challenges, according to one senior living marketing firm. But pulling together all of the key components can lead to operator success.
Sequestration could delay mergers and acquisitions: Amedisys CEO
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 30, 2021
The extended moratorium on Medicare pay cuts to healthcare providers could throw a monkey wrench into Amedisys’ acquisition plans, CEO Paul Kusserow admitted Thursday.
Fear of increasing senior living costs leads some older adults to agree to pay more upfront
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 09, 2024
With senior living’s affordability a top concern for older adults and their families, 25% of respondents to a new US News & World Report survey said they would be willing to pay more upfront to guarantee...
NCAL launches AL Cost Calculator to help operators demonstrate their value
Aug 17, 2018
The National Center for Assisted Living has launched the AL Cost Calculator, a web-based resident assessment tool that enables assisted living providers to assess how costs are allocated across residents.
GAO reports blasts use of antipsychotics
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2015
Reports of excessive antipsychotics’ use in nursing homes have circulated for years.
Exclusive: NIC chief economist shares 6 ways COVID-19 could affect senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2020
The coronavirus situation is changing rapidly, but National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care Chief Economist Beth Burnham Mace recently spent some quality social distancing time on the telephone...
Brightview only senior living company on Fortune ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ list
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 13, 2021
Baltimore-based Brightview Senior Living has become the first senior living company to land a spot on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list. The list was announced Monday.
Senior living operators express optimism in increasing development pipelines
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 19, 2021
Improving lead volumes in senior living and a recent increase in construction lending reflect expectations that development pipelines will increase soon, according to the latest NIC Executive Survey Insights...
ASHA launches consumer campaign
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 28, 2016
The American Seniors Housing Association has launched a new consumer campaign, “Where You Live Matters,” designed to educate older adults and their families about housing options to help them...
Healthcare reform already driving diverse, dynamic long-term care models, LeadingAge leaders say
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 21, 2014
One way to gauge the effects is healthcare reform is by looking at ongoing changes to the continuing care retirement community model, LeadingAge officials said Monday at the association’s annual...