Although the methods we use to market senior living have changed, they never have been more essential to supporting seniors seeking to escape isolation and gain added services and socialization benefits.
Urgency of senior living move-ins has changed little since before pandemic
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 11, 2023
Despite earlier speculation, the pandemic didn’t affect the urgency of prospective residents looking to move into senior living communities. That’s according to an article in the most recent issue...
CCRC residents ‘significantly safer’ from COVID deaths than older adults not living in congregate...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2023
SAN DIEGO—Residents of continuing care retirement communities were “significantly safer” from dying from COVID-19 than were older adults living in noncongregate residential settings in the greater...
Survey reveals list of must-haves for potential CCRC residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2022
Continuing care retirement community operators considering near- and mid-term investments, amenities and programming should look to ensure healthy aging offerings are in the mix, according to a new survey...
Inflation could stifle pandemic recovery among CCRCs: Fitch
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 07, 2022
Operating performance and future demand for continuing care retirement / life plan communities could be significantly affected if inflationary pressures continue beyond this year, according to Fitch Ratings.
With evolving OSHA standards, senior living industry ‘not waiting on government action to run their...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 21, 2021
With guidance changing by the day, earlier recommendations of “be prepared to act” are echoing louder for assisted living providers. Although the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Long-term care providers struggle with high unemployment compared with other healthcare settings: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 15, 2021
Although employment at hospitals and physicians offices has returned to almost pre-pandemic levels, assisted living communities, life plan / continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes continue...
Don’t sit on these revenue-generating opportunities
By
Steve McDonald
Jun 14, 2021
Creating a virtual marketplace represents a tremendous business opportunity for innovators who want to see their residents and local older adults thrive.
Affiliate of Sage Healthcare Partners purchases bankrupt Michigan CCRC for $76.3M
By
Amy Novotney
May 10, 2021
Dearborn, MI-based continuing care retirement community Henry Ford Village announced late Thursday that it had received a successful bid from HFV OPCO LLC, a newly formed affiliate of Sage Healthcare Partners...
A fresh plea calls for including independent living in COVID-19 vaccination priority clinics
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 29, 2021
Independent living residents of a Richmond, VA, continuing care retirement community had the rug pulled out from under them this week when COVID-19 vaccination clinics scheduled for mid-February abruptly...