Avamere Spinning Off Senior Living Division Into New Operator Arete Living

A new senior living company is spinning off from The Avamere Family of Companies with a goal of rebranding and re-focusing operations for a new generation of senior living residents. The new operator, Arete Living, on Tuesday announced it is spinning off from the Wilsonville, Oregon-based senior care company and is now operating its 28 […]

Transactions & Financings: AccentCare, Seasons Hospice Merging; Ziegler’s $42M Financing Package

Affiliations AccentCare, Seasons Hospice to Merge AccentCare Inc. and Seasons Hospice announced a merger, Senior Housing News sister publication Home Health Care News reports. The deal brings Dallas-based AccentCare, one of the five largest home health care companies in the country, and Seasons, one of the top five largest hospice providers, under one corporate umbrella. […]

Movers & Shakers: Harmony Senior Services Names Chief Operations Officer; Avamere Bolsters HR Team

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Why It’s Time to Redefine CCRCs for the Next Generation

Continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) have adhered to a paint-by-numbers design and construction model for decades, but this could be changing. The expected stampede of baby boomers in need of senior living over the next decade is expected to change the design paradigm, as well as what will be expected of CCRCs. Developers and operators […]

Transactions & Financings: Avamere Enters Arizona; Northbridge Buys New England Portfolio

Northbridge Senior Housing acquires 8-property New England senior housing portfolio Northbridge Senior Housing, through its Northbridge Strategic Housing Fund II, received acquisition financing for an eight-property senior housing portfolio in New England, totaling 565 units. The properties in the portfolio are: – Avita of Brunswick in Brunswick, Maine– Avita of Stroudwater in Westbrook, Maine– Avita […]

Avamere Forges Ahead with Ovation Micro-CCRC Projects

In an effort to win over the next generation of senior living residents, providers are beginning to rethink traditional models such as the entrance-fee continuing care retirement community (CCRC). One new alternative — the “micro-CCRC” concept being developed by Wilsonville, Oregon-based Avamere Companies — has encountered some construction delays but is on track to hit […]

Transactions and Financings: Acts Completes Integrace Affiliation; Avamere’s New Acquisition

Acts, Integrace complete affiliation Acts Retirement-Life Communities completed its affiliation with Integrace and its family of communities throughout Maryland this week. The affiliation brings together two nationally recognized names in the senior living industry under shared leadership and governance. The affiliation was first announced in January. The affiliation gives West Point, Pennsylvania-based Acts entry into […]