Senior living sees all-time-high affordability, potential expansion of penetration rate
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 03, 2024
Senior living affordability is improving, and a growing customer base that is materially better off financially than members of previous generations could expand the penetration rate, according to the...
$1 trillion investment shortage in senior living development expected by 2040
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 27, 2024
A $275 billion investment gap in senior living development across the country by 2030 means there won’t be enough housing to meet the demand of older adults in the next five years, according to new data...
Senior living market ripe for development, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 24, 2024
The senior living landscape is ripe for development thanks to market fundamentals, extended construction timelines and growing occupancy, according to experts with the National Investment Center for Seniors...
Payoff makes overcoming barriers to the active adult segment worth it, speakers say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2024
The senior living industry’s active adult niche will do best if well-executed, and that starts with understanding the consumer, according to experts speaking at the National Investment Center for Seniors...
In DEIB initiatives, senior living must shift focus to fostering inclusive environments, survey finds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 18, 2024
A significant number of senior living companies have implemented diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging programs in the past year, indicating that more owners and operators are “leaning in” to...
New report offers 4 ideas to meet the needs of the ‘forgotten middle’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2024
A new report released Tuesday by the Milken Institute presents four potential solutions to improving the financing and delivery of housing for the “forgotten middle,” those whose incomes are too low...
Senior living needs units, investment — fast — but has ‘undeniable sense of optimism’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 08, 2024
With a projected need for 200,000 additional senior living units by next year, inventory and investment isn’t set to keep pace with the growing demand, Lisa McCracken, head of research and analytics...
Building a better senior living model
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2023
How is research helping to define the future of senior living? Lisa McCracken, the new head of research and analytics for the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, recently spent a few...
Increased regulation, active adult, Medicaid HCBS top list of trends predicted for senior living in 2024
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 13, 2023
Heightened state regulation, dementia care support, the rise of active adult communities and the increased provision of home- and community-based services to Medicaid beneficiaries are among the top trends...
Report: Alternative approaches to senior living, LTSS needed for growing older adult population
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2023
Only 13% of adults aged 75 or more years who are living alone across 97 US metro areas can afford to move into an assisted living community without starting to cash in their assets, according to “Housing...