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.
Memory care has ‘strong year,’ but sector still ‘faces challenges’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 19, 2019
Occupancy may be on the way up from the bottom for both stand-alone memory care communities and other memory care units, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care. The sector...
NIC: Discounts for prospects still popular as resident rates increase
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2018
Assisted living operators are continuing to offer rent discounts to entice prospective residents, whereas in-place rate growth is picking up, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Inventory growth knocks assisted living occupancy to lowest point since 2009
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2017
Occupancy rates for assisted living communities reached their lowest point in eight years in the second quarter, driven down by inventory growth that outpaced healthy absorption rates, according to data...
Catering serves up revenue, referrals for senior living
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 19, 2016
Catering is an untapped source of revenue and referrals for many senior living operators, according to Cornerstone Affiliates Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel S. Ogus. He shared...
Who’s buying and selling seniors housing?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 20, 2018
Public investors are pulling back from seniors housing for four reasons, according to National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Chief Economist Beth Burnham Mace.
Senior living market fundamentals stagnant in fourth quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2018
Occupancy, annual absorption and construction as a share of existing inventory in senior living remained unchanged in the fourth quarter compared with the third quarter, the National Investment Center...
The tight labor market is preventing the construction of senior living communities and increasing wage pressure among operators, according to National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Chief...
Staffing shortage is more than an HR headache, speakers say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 22, 2018
The staffing challenges facing senior living communities are not just human resources headaches. They also represent the biggest operational risk in the industry, according to experts participating in...
Dwindling savings, less fear of COVID may drive some back to work, experts say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 03, 2021
Employers in senior living and care and other industries may see their workforce challenges lessen a bit as some peoples’ savings accumulated over the pandemic dry up and as fear of COVID-19 subsides,...