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.
Sleepless in senior living
By
John O'Connor
Aug 10, 2023
Things are looking up for senior living operators, but they are anything but out of the woods. In fact, three challenges remain very much in the picture.
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.
A new and needed direction for senior living
By
John O'Connor
May 11, 2023
Argentum’s president and CEO wants to do something that runs against conventional wisdom. It also happens to be brilliant.
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.
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...
Insurance getting much more expensive, when it’s available
By
John O'Connor
Jul 10, 2020
Add standard liability insurance to the list of woes that seniors housing and care operators must address. Such coverage is not only getting more difficult to find, rates are climbing by as much as 300%,...
Well, that escalated quickly
By
John O'Connor
Apr 23, 2020
Virtually overnight, many operators are finding themselves in the fight of their lives.