This article is available as part of your SHN+ membership With a shifting outlook for the senior housing industry as a whole, the chief executive of Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA) is feeling good about the remainder of 2024. The Dallas-based company also has undertaken initiatives to address some of the top challenges still facing […]
Living in communal senior housing is associated with greater longevity versus residing in the community at large – but there is notable variation between top-performing senior housing communities and those on the bottom. These are among the newly released findings from research conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago and funded by the National […]
More owners and operators of senior living communities are “leaning in” to programs on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging than in previous years – but there is still lots for the industry to do in that regard. For one, senior living companies must “move beyond the focus of just recruiting diverse talent.” That’s according to […]
The past few years have brought plenty of challenges for senior living operators. But the year ahead could present a “recalibration” of some of the forces keeping the industry in a tough spot. Financial conditions, development and the state of senior living demand all are in flux in 2024, as evident in a new survey […]
When basketball legend Magic Johnson announced in 1991 that he had been diagnosed with HIV, the news carried the weight of a nearly certain death sentence. But of course, Johnson would be fortunate enough to survive until the advent of effective treatments, and he is living a full life three decades after his diagnosis. It’s […]
This content is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living operators are improving care coordination and life enrichment offering for residents in a bid to improve length of stay (LoS) — while also being patient as the market appears to be normalizing from disruptions related to Covid-19. Many providers have reported that acuity among residents […]
Next year will bring pre-pandemic occupancy levels and potentially “gangbusters” levels of transactions for the senior living industry. Or at least, that is what recent trends in census gains and dealmaking say. Last week, the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) along with NIC MAP Vision released their latest quarterly occupancy report, […]
This article available as part of your SHN+ membership All signs point to 2024 being another banner year for the growth in the active adult sector, judging by recent news. Among the active adult-related headlines and storylines from the last few weeks, a few featured Greystar. Thanks to its sizable active adult portfolio, the company […]
Average senior living occupancy rose to 83.7% in the second quarter of 2023, marking the industry’s eighth straight quarter for census gains. That’s according to the latest occupancy report from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care and NIC Map Vision. But while the latest figures represent a sizable gain from the industry’s […]
Total investment returns for the senior living sector dipped to .59% in the third quarter of 2022, representing a drop from the 1.26% returns seen in 2Q22. Still, total returns were positive for the ninth consecutive quarter, a pace kept up since 2Q20 when returns turned negative on pandemic-related pressures. That’s according to a new […]
