Workforce issues loom large as 2019 begins, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2019
Workforce issues will continue to be a dominant challenge in the senior living industry in 2019, according to leaders of several organizations representing providers. But they are entering the new year...
Fundamentally sound?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 18, 2018
The big picture in seniors housing and care looks good, despite some recent setbacks, according to several experts.
The factor more important than occupancy
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2018
NCAL Day speakers think something other than occupancy should be operators’ top priority.
Where independent living inventory growth is strongest
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 24, 2018
Seven metropolitan areas account for approximately one-third of the inventory growth in independent living over the past year, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Industry mourns senior housing and care veteran Tony Mullen, NIC co-founder
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 14, 2018
Senior living industry leaders are remembering Anthony James “Tony” Mullen as a trailblazing, passionate advocate of seniors housing and care as well as a good friend. Mullen died Saturday...
NIC panelists offer tips for staff recruiting and retention
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2018
Panelists at a Thursday educational session at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s Spring Investment Forum in Dallas shared advice for addressing senior living’s No....
Assisted living occupancy inches up in third quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 12, 2017
Occupancy in assisted living communities averaged 86.6% during the third quarter, up 0.2 percentage point from the second quarter, when it had fallen to its lowest point ever for the second time in 11...
Way to grow! NIC will focus on key issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2017
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s new CEO, Brian Jurutka, lays out the organization’s plans for the future in this exclusive interview.
Kramer: NIC transition will ‘focus my passion’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 30, 2017
As Robert Kramer prepares to pass the CEO baton to Brian Jurutka at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, both discuss the organization’s past and future in this exclusive interview.
A Q&A with NIC’s Robert Kramer
By
John Hall
Sep 13, 2016
Robert G. Kramer, founder and CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, recently spoke with McKnight’s about the current state and future prospects of independent living,...