Residents’ chronic conditions could push operators to integrate care, housing: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — US senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care...
Diversified Healthcare Trust senior living portfolio on path to stabilization: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 05, 2022
Diversified Healthcare Trust’s second-quarter results showed continued and encouraging recovery for the senior living portfolio, President and CEO Jennifer Francis said during Thursday’s earnings call.
Pandemic was ‘ignition switch’ to underscore quality-of-life issues for residents, staff: experts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2022
Indoor air quality is one of the most significant factors in creating a healthy environment in senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities, according to panelists who spoke during a McKnight’s...
6 trends will drive future of senior living: Bob Kramer
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 15, 2022
Six social, technologic and economic trends will drive the future of senior living, and providers will need to respond to them soon, according to industry thought leader Robert Kramer.
Senior living operators ‘incredibly agile and dedicated’ during COVID-19 pandemic: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 29, 2021
Senior living and care providers have been “incredibly agile and dedicated” during the pandemic, working 24 / 7 to keep residents safe, researchers concluded after interviews with operators about their...
People in the news, Jan. 19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 19, 2021
Appointments, promotions and news at the American Association of Service Coordinators, Amsterdam at Harborside, Capital Senior Living, Consolidated Contracting, Edgemere, Enquire, EPOCH Senior Living,...
Investment in people yields success in senior living: NIC panelists
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 08, 2020
COVID-19 is exhausting. That was the consensus of speakers focusing on issues related to the senior living workforce during the 2020 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Fall Conference,...
Future of seniors housing industry is ‘all about a vaccine’: NIC economist
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 06, 2020
The future of seniors housing will depend on several factors, but to National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Chief Economist Beth Burnham Mace, “It’s all about a vaccine.”
NIC to study effects of COVID-19 in various senior housing and care settings
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 30, 2020
A new national study funded by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care will reveal how the effects of COVID-19 on residents differ between various senior housing and care settings to...
Pandemic forces mindset shift in senior living, speakers say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2020
As the nature and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear, the senior living industry finds itself shifting from a sprint to a marathon without a known finish line. Lynne Katzmann of Juniper...