3 Rules of Managing Millennials in Senior Living

With a labor crisis in store that includes a worker shortage and wage pressures ahead, health care organizations are grappling with yet another workforce challenge: the rise of the millennials. Millennials, or those born roughly between 1982 and 2000, comprise the largest generation since the baby boom. Known for being “job hoppers,” “entitled,” and the […]

Hospitality, Health Care Divide Widens in Assisted Living

This coverage of the 2016 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Investment Forum is brought to you by Mainstreet. As the nation’s largest developer of transitional care properties, Mainstreet specializes in real estate development, value investments and health care. With Mainstreet’s support, SHN brings this on-the-spot reporting from the NIC conference, which […]

From Caregiver to Senior Lifestyle COO: Lessons from Climbing the Ladder

An impending labor shortage has prompted senior living providers to take new approaches to attracting and retaining workers, with one major strategy involving establishing career paths that allow employees to move from caregiver roles to leadership positions and anywhere in between. Lisa Fordyce, the new COO for Chicago-based owner, operator and developer Senior Lifestyle Corp., […]

Movers & Shakers: National Healthcare’s New Managing Director

National Healthcare Development Hires New Managing Director National Healthcare Development, the development branch of National Healthcare Realty providing customized real estate solutions for providers across the continuum of care, hired John Patnode as managing director of design & construction. In his new role, Patnode will oversee design and construction efforts for the firm’s post-acute and senior […]

Dished: Top-Tier Dining Built From the Ground Up

Dining in senior living as of late has been revolutionized by celebrity chefs and $10,000 gelato machines. So when senior living providers take more of a grassroots approach to developing a dining program—from staffing to acclaimed chocolate cake recipes—and still deliver a premium experience for its residents, it becomes clear that a celebrity chef isn’t […]

Where Seniors Are Using the Most Health Care

The amount of time seniors spend at doctors visits or in a hospital vary greatly across the country, according to a report recently released by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Whereas those living in Manhattan have had contact with the health care system nearly 25 days in a year, Medicare beneficiaries […]

How Providers Can Combat Negative Consumer Perceptions

This coverage of the 2016 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Investment Forum is brought to you by Mainstreet. As the nation’s largest developer of transitional care properties, Mainstreet specializes in real estate development, value investments and health care. With Mainstreet’s support, SHN is bringing live event coverage of the NIC conference, […]

Remote Monitoring Stigma Falls in Samsung Smartwatch Pilot

A technology solution that scored a partnership with Samsung is helping a senior living provider reduce falls, increase customer satisfaction and proactively intervene when residents’ health declines—in part, by leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT). And the smartwatch is taking some of the stigma out of remote monitoring, the pilot’s leaders have found. Sixty residents […]

Best of Stand-Alone Memory Care 2015: Setting a New Standard

A 3-year-old boy came to Abe’s Garden last September, on the first night that visitors were welcomed to the new memory care building in Nashville. He clambered on the rocks and felled trees in the expansive courtyard, until he paused to say, “I love it here. Can I come back tomorrow?” “I don’t know many […]

RED Capital to Grow After ORIX Goes All-In

A major senior housing lender says it’s poised for growth following a fresh investment from its parent company. RED Capital Group, LLC is now wholly owned by Dallas-based ORIX USA Corporation, whose ownership of RED officially grew from 88% to 100% on Feb. 22. ORIX, which offers investment capital and asset management services to clients in […]