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,...
Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust Welltower unveiled a brand extension Wednesday to serve middle-income adults aged 55 or more years.
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
79% of middle-income baby boomers have no savings for retirement care: research
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 14, 2019
The clock is ticking for even the youngest baby boomers to ensure that they have enough money to pay for their care needs in retirement, and yet a new study adds to a growing body of research that many...
LTC Properties expects to ‘dig deep’ for transactions; older buildings, senior apartments of interest
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2020
For 2020, “early indications show that we will have to dig deep to find the kinds of transactions that best benefit our shareholders,” Westlake Village, CA-based LTC Properties’ Chairman, Chief Executive...
‘Replace denial with proposal’ on long-term care, House committee told
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2019
Congress must “replace denial with a detailed, bipartisan legislative proposal on long-term care” to address the needs of a growing older population facing high costs for healthcare and housing, Robert...
Truewood middle-market brand expands with 6 former Holiday properties
By
Ron Rajecki
Apr 18, 2022
Merrill Gardens’ middle-market brand, Truewood by Merrill, has expanded with six independent living communities formerly managed by Holiday Retirement and, more recently, by Atria Senior Living.
Could active adult housing be a solution to the middle-market affordability challenge?
By
Jim Moore
Aug 31, 2021
Several operators/providers are attempting to develop products to address this challenge.
CCRC residents ‘significantly safer’ from COVID deaths than older adults not living in congregate...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2023
SAN DIEGO—Residents of continuing care retirement communities were “significantly safer” from dying from COVID-19 than were older adults living in noncongregate residential settings in the greater...
Part 2: Could active adult housing help solve the middle-market affordability challenge?
By
Jim Moore
Oct 05, 2021
Beside value-engineering the physical product, reduced operating expenses also can play a role.