54 percent of middle-income seniors could need housing, care help by 2029, NIC-funded study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2019
Fifty-four percent of the 14.4 million middle-income older adults in 2029 in the United States will lack the financial resources to pay for senior housing and care, and a combination of public and private...
The clock is ticking for a long-term care financing solution
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 12, 2021
Will a new report on long-term care financing spur action where others have not? Time will tell. But time is of the essence.
Ventas to acquire New Senior Investment Group in $2.3 billion transaction
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2021
Real estate investment trusts Ventas and New Senior Investment Group will merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $2.3 billion, including $1.5 billion of New Senior debt, the companies announced Monday...
Senior living execs pique student interest as Granger Cobb Institute pilots Corporate Scholars program
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 24, 2022
Executives from Aegis Living, Merrill Gardens and Murano Senior Living are piquing interest in the senior living industry among Washington State University students participating in a new Corporate Scholars...
New National Senior Campuses chair plans to focus on diversity, technology, civic issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 29, 2019
Increasing diversity among residents and staff, upgrading technology and collaborating on civic issues with residents of the greater community are the main goals that Michelle Bohreer has identified for...
Hollywood hints at real life
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 17, 2017
When some friends and I went to the movies the other night, they looked forward to escaping from the real world for 90 minutes, whereas I looked forward to seeing whether aging and older adults were portrayed...
Earnings calls detail big plans for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 05, 2019
HCP — which announced a new name, a new ticker symbol, the promotions of several individuals and multimillion dollar deals involving Brookdale Senior Living and Capital Senior Living — wasn’t the...
Eclipse Senior Living to cease operations after Ventas moves 90 communities to new managers
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2021
Lake Oswego, OR-based Eclipse Senior Living will cease business management operations in 2022 after 90 senior living communities it manages for real estate investment trust Ventas are transitioned to new...
CareTrust REIT hasn’t ‘written off’ senior living, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2022
CareTrust REIT’s investment pipeline consists primarily of skilled nursing and behavioral health properties right now rather than senior living communities, Chief Investment Officer Mark Lamb said Wednesday...
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...