COVID-19 vaccine now a condition of employment for some senior living operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2021
Some senior living operators are moving to make a COVID-19 vaccination a condition of employment to more quickly mitigate the effect of the virus in their communities.
Brookdale, Senior Lifestyle, Life Care Services top J.D. Power 2020 Senior Living Satisfaction Study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 11, 2020
The consumer insights company ranks assisted living/memory care and independent living providers and also shares additional findings about satisfaction in senior living communities based on almost 5,000...
Civitas Senior Living joins providers mandating employee COVID-19 vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 22, 2021
Civitas Senior Living is the latest senior living owner and operator to announce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees.
Pandemic highlights value of senior living for adult children, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2020
One of the positive effects arising from this pandemic, some industry leaders say, is a growing appreciation of senior living among people whose parents are the age of prospective residents.
New Senior portfolio sees low COVID case count, positive trends for occupancy, move-ins
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 02, 2021
As its acquisition by Ventas looms, expected to close before the end of the year, New Senior Investment Group’s portfolio is experiencing low COVID-19 case counts and upward-trending occupancy.
Employees will benefit from bike-sharing program, Atria hopes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2017
Atria Senior Living is one of 10 companies sponsoring a new bicycle-sharing program in its headquarters city of Louisville, KY, and the city’s mayor says that the program will play an important role...
Atria, Related, Spitzer and Welltower announce New York City senior living high-rise
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2020
A joint venture between Atria Senior Living and real estate firm Related Companies, with developer Spitzer Enterprises and real estate investment trust Welltower, on Thursday closed on a partnership that...
Atria-owned Glennis Solutions acquires medication and care management software firm Vita-Stat
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 08, 2021
Atria Senior Living continued its move into tech services for the senior living industry on Friday, announcing the acquisition of medication and care management software company Vita-Stat.
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,...
Downtown urban areas to be major focus for senior living developers, experts predict
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2022
Senior living’s expansion into downtown urban areas caught the eye of the Wall Street Journal Friday.