Happy Monday, Senior Housing News readers!
Here are some recent must-read stories to start your week:
Life Care Services hopes to capture some of Walt Disney World’s magic when it opens an $82 million, 239-unit community in nearby Celebration, Florida.
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is now reportedly in acquisition talks with a Chinese firm that has offered $3 billion to purchase the largest U.S. senior living provider.
In senior living, bigger is almost never better—and some of the industry’s largest players, including Brookdale Senior Living, found that out the hard way.
Brookdale Senior Living is scaling up a pilot with ridesharing company Lyft, in an effort to create a resident transportation model that is more customer-friendly and operationally efficient.
Also in the News
Holding On to My Pets, as Alzheimer’s Takes My Memories—A man in his mid-50s shares his experience of being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in The New York Times.
Written by Mary Kate Nelson
Companies featured in this article:
AARP, Brookdale Senior Living, Commonwealth Fund, LCS, Life Care Services, Lyft, SCAN Foundation, Walt Disney World
