This week, Senior Housing News readers heard about Juniper Communities’ trip to Burning Man, why two U.S. Senators are concerned about a recently finalized federal rule, and how Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) redesigned its website to be more consumer-friendly. Here in the newsroom, we were touched by “Grandma Shirley,” a young filmmaker’s short film […]
On the surface, seniors housing and the annual Burning Man festival appear to have little in common. After one provider ventured to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert with a group of seniors to participate in Burning Man, though, it seems there’s a lot senior living can learn from the event that brings more than 70,000 people together […]
As SVP and General Manager for Senior Care at PointClickCare, Travis Palmquist applies his experience in working directly with senior living providers for more than 25 years. In healthcare tech, this means working to help health care organizations including senior care providers leverage their data to provide better outcomes and higher-quality care. In this Hot […]
This week, some of our senior housing friends at Juniper Communities made their way to Burning Man. Cue the FOMO (fear of missing out). Check out the hashtag #aginginsurrectionbman on Twitter to follow along with their journey in the Nevada desert. While we are reeling with envy here in the newsroom, we were sure to […]
A new campaign is sparking conversations about aging and senior living in airport security lines and other unlikely spots across the country. Called “Old People Are Cool,” the initiative is meant to combat ageism and raise the profile of the senior care industry, says Charles de Vilmorin, who started the project. He is CEO and […]
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Discovery Senior Living achieved “explosive growth” when it was joined at the hip with Integrated Senior Living (ISL) earlier this year — and that may be just the start of the company’s next chapter, according to CEO Richard Hutchinson. “We’ve hit the fast-forward button on evolution,” Hutchinson […]
From changing labor practices and how operators staff communities, senior living providers are finding new ways to optimize profitability and reduce costs around staffing. It’s no secret that operators have had persistent staffing issues since the pandemic struck three years ago, including rising wage expenses helping to compress margins, a competitive labor market for new […]
The Springs Living had already hired chefs from Columbia for its newest community in Bozeman, Montana. But, there was a problem in that they had nowhere to live. In early 2020, Bozeman was in the midst of an explosion of its already-crowded real estate market, making finding housing hard. That is not to mention the […]
“Staffing agencies suck.” That’s a marketing tagline for staffing solution KARE, and it’s as bold as they come. But they did not write it. Their senior living clients did. “It’s really something we started to hear when we started the company, and we would reach out to communities and try to explain what we were […]
Investors are again showing interest in senior living after a cooldown during the pandemic — and Capitol Seniors Housing Managing Partner and Founder Scott Stewart sees plenty more dollars left to be deployed into the industry. As he looks across the sector, he sees “billions and billions of dollars” of equity on the sidelines waiting […]
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