What the Next Act for WeWork Co-Founder Neumann Means for Senior Housing  

Last week, news broke that entrepreneur Adam Neumann — of WeWork fame, or infamy — now wants to transform residential real estate. And he has $350 million from Andreessen Horowitz backing his venture, dubbed Flow. Details about Flow are sparse, and WeWork’s tailspin made Neumann look more like a pariah than a visionary. Still, I […]

Juniper Launching Membership-Based Program Aimed at Boosting Senior Living Resident ‘Wellspan’

Juniper Communities is expanding into membership-based services. The Bloomfield, New Jersey-based senior living operator is formally launching a new health and wellbeing program with the goal of bringing about the “next generation of senior living,” according to CEO Lynne Katzmann. The new program, Catalyst, is an “ecosystem of programs and services” where residents will pay […]

Amazon to Buy Primary Care Company One Medical for $3.9B, Accelerating Push Into Health Care

Retail giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is buying One Medical, a tech-enabled primary care provider, in a cash transaction valued at about $3.9 billion. With the acquisition, Seattle-based Amazon is gaining a platform for users to schedule appointments, renew prescriptions and access health records. As of March 31, One Medical had about 767,000 members and a […]

How a Former UnitedHealth/Optum Leader Aims to Transform Senior Care with Lifespark

Lifespark recently announced the hire of Matt Nyquist, a former leader with UnitedHealth Group’s Optum arm, as chief population health officer. Nyquist will help lead Lifespark’s expansion to states beyond its home base of Minnesota later this year. Lifespark’s growth will mark another milestone in senior living’s evolution toward being more integrated within population health […]

‘That’s the Business Going Forward’: Lifespark, Juniper Leaders on Tying Wellness and Payment in Senior Living

Many factors are compelling senior living providers to organize their operations around promoting and extending residents’ wellness, with shifting payment models among the most important drivers of this trend. At the forefront of this shift are providers like Juniper Communities and Lifespark. The two firms are taking different approaches to arrive at the same goal: improving […]

A Vision of Senior Living’s New ‘Wellness Era’

Last week, Senior Housing News was thrilled to convene a tremendous group of industry leaders and visionaries at our WELLNESS/DISHED event in Orlando. “The … meeting sparked some of the best discussions I’ve been part of this year on how we can improve and better support the physical, social, mental, and overall wellness of those […]

An Urgent Choice for Senior Living Providers: ‘Self-Disrupt’ or Be Disrupted

Two senior living leaders have spoken of “self-disruption” in recent weeks. Bickford Senior Living Executive Vice President Alan Fairbanks used the term during his appearance on the SHN podcast, Transform. And HumanGood CEO John Cochrane gave an entire keynote presentation on the concept at the LeadingAge Illinois conference on May 17. Cochrane summed up the […]

Calling the Blue Angels: Juniper, Lloyd Jones, Pathway Rethink Senior Living Recruiting

Senior living operators have significantly altered their operations in 2022 to deal with the ongoing staffing shortage. One position undergoing rapid evolution is that of the senior living recruiter. In the not-too-distant past, recruiters were often based in the communities or regions for which they were hiring workers. But their job became much harder with […]