Capital Senior Living Acquires Five Communities for $49.4 Million

Capital Senior Living Corporation (NYSE:CSU) recently completed the acquisition of five senior living communities for a purchase price of $49.4 million. The communities, located in Texas and Indiana, offer levels of care that include independent living, assisted living, and memory care. CSU financed the communities with approximately $37.5 million of 10-year, fixed rate, non-recourse debt […]

WSJ: The New Retirement Resorts (Forget Assisted Living Facilities)

Move over, assisted living and nursing homes—there are new alternatives in town for retiring seniors, and they’re more adventurous and personalized than ever before, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article. A growing number of intrepid retirees, wary of spending years in an assisted-living facility or staying at home, are opting for arrangements that […]

Adding Memory Care Services to Assisted Living a “Huge” and Growing Trend

The nation is gearing up for an impending “silver tsunami,” and part of that includes making sure senior housing communities are prepared to care for a growing number of seniors with memory impairments. One trend that’s becoming increasingly common: assisted living communities that didn’t originally offer memory care services are now making moves to provide […]

HUD Makes $25 Million Available for Multifamily-to-Assisted Living Conversions

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is making $25 million available to help convert multifamily apartment buildings into assisted living communities or service-enriched housing for low-income senior citizens. The funding comes from HUD’s Assisted Living Conversion Program and will provide grants for the physical conversion of eligible multifamily assisted housing projects (or parts […]

Is Adding On-Site Care the Next Requirement for Your Senior Care Community?

Michigan state senators introduced a bill last fall that amends the state’s public health code to include the requirement of designated on-site private examination rooms in certain senior living communities, which encompasses assisted living centers and skilled nursing facilities. Senate Bill No. 747 requires both “homes for the aged” and nursing homes that provide medical […]

Forbes: Not Your Grandmother’s Assisted Living Facility

The face of senior care is changing, with assisted living and other types of residential care facilities beginning to look increasingly like nursing homes in terms of age of residents and services provided, says a Forbes article, and both senior care providers and the government need to make changes to reflect this. “Owners of care […]