It would be wise for senior living’s thought leaders to take a proactive role in dealing with the inevitable regulatory environment ahead.
So, senior living isn’t healthcare after all?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 04, 2024
The senior living industry’s reinvention as a healthcare player just received a notable setback. In a court room, of all places. As McKnight’s Senior Living recently reported, a circuit court judge...
So, you want to call yourself a healthcare provider?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 19, 2023
Transitioning to healthcare holds the promise of portfolio expansion and new revenues for senior living, but new challenges will arise, too.
With friends like these …
By
John O'Connor
Aug 03, 2023
Senior living operators might be excused for feeling as if there is a big ol’ target on their backs these days.
Senior living’s challenge of omission and commission
By
John O'Connor
Sep 22, 2022
Long-term care could be made better with funding from Congress. But for now, it appears we’ll have to settle for a congressional commission.
Senior living operators are not all in this together
By
John O'Connor
Aug 18, 2022
Is the senior living field about to blossom, or mired in trouble? The obvious answer: Yes and yes. But celebrate good times? Come on.
Senior living will never be the same
By
John O'Connor
Dec 09, 2021
Senior living is the best thing that ever happened to older adults and their children. But it needs to evolve to avoid being left behind.
Senior living’s slide into the welfare class
By
John O'Connor
Sep 03, 2020
The push for support for assisted living from Uncle Sam is intensifying. But as any skilled care operator will remind you, Uncle Sam tends to be a very demanding business partner.
Occupancy numbers hit historic lows: NIC
By
John O'Connor
Jul 10, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the second quarter, units in the senior living sector emptied out as never before. Occupancy levels declined by 2.8% to 84.9%, according to the National Investment...
Well, that escalated quickly
By
John O'Connor
Apr 23, 2020
Virtually overnight, many operators are finding themselves in the fight of their lives.