Occupancy higher at entrance fee CCRCs compared with rental CCRCs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2024
The occupancy rate for entrance fee continuing care retirement / life plan communities was greater than 90% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Omar Zahraoui, principal at the National Investment...
Not-for-profit senior living and care transitions set record in 2023: Ziegler
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 16, 2023
Transitions in ownership or sponsorship among not-for-profit senior living and care providers reached an all-time high in 2023, according to an update released this week from Ziegler.
CCRC operating profitability ratios improve, but margins drop
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 20, 2023
Continuing care retirement / life plan communities saw an increase in operating profitability ratios in 2022, but operating margins declined due to stock market performance, Ziegler Managing Director Amy...
Big senior living stories of 2022
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2022
Here are some of the major stories that affected senior living providers in 2022.
Good Sam, Ebenezer parent organizations to merge
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 15, 2022
The parent companies of two of the largest not-for-profit senior living and care organizations in the country announced their intention to merge Tuesday.
National Senior Campuses still ranked No. 1 on latest LeadingAge Ziegler LZ 200 list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2022
Wellesley Hills, MA-based National Senior Campuses has retained the top spot on the LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list of largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living and care providers for the seventh consecutive...
75 percent of providers pay commissions to sales, marketing staff: survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 21, 2022
Seventy-five percent of not-for-profit senior living providers pay commissions to their marketing and sales staffs, with quarterly and bi-weekly payments common, according to the results of a recent Ziegler...
Nonprofits seeing most growth in expansions and affiliations: Ziegler
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 24, 2020
Affiliations and acquisitions are far surpassing new developments within the nonprofit senior living sector, and that trend is likely to continue. That’s according to speakers at the opening session...
Depositor surveys, operating expenses play important role in feasibility studies post-COVID
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 27, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought additional challenges to the process of developing, opening and expanding a new senior living community. But so far, operators are finding that most seniors who put down...
Life plan community model remains stable, viable: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2020
Life plan communities were the type of senior living community least affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, reaffirming their stable future, according to a report from specialty investment bank Ziegler.