More than ever, senior living providers are taking steps to address brain health and rising resident acuity in memory care operations. Memory care is evolving to serve residents with greater clinical acuity and early onset of cognitive change in younger, older adults. Providers – who have historically shaped operations around the needs of residents living […]
In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned Verve Senior Living plans $20M renovation after acquisition Verve Senior Living has acquired The Ravines, […]
Rising resident acuity and staffing capabilities remain important factors shaping senior living operations in 2026, and some feel the industry is unprepared for the incoming demand cycle. In a survey of over 500 senior living professionals by technology company Sage, 81% of leaders reported rising resident acuity needs, while only 12% said staffing conditions were […]
Senior living provider The Springs Living is partnering with SCAN Health Plan to create a more connected healthcare experience for older adults living in Oregon. SCAN oversees one of the largest nonprofit Medicare Advantage plans through its Institutional Special Needs Plan (I-SNP), and the partnership will result in co-branded healthcare offerings for older adults that […]
HumanGood CEO John Cochrane sees the coming years as the most pivotal time for senior living providers to improve the healthspan of older adults through innovation. Cochrane frames improving healthspan, the number of good years older adults experience as they age, as the central challenge for the senior living industry. HumanGood is approaching this challenge […]
Most senior living operators believe that having a good company culture can mean the difference between success and failure. But what exactly is culture and how does one build it? Building culture is a difficult and often nebulous task, but providers are taking steps to improve their companies’ cultures one hire at a time. Turnover hurts culture, which many operatorsview as a necessity for improving occupancy and net […]
Senior living providers are adapting staffing strategies in 2026 to enhance flexibility and offer a career ladder while matching labor costs to resident care needs. During a recent Senior Housing News webinar, leaders with The Aspenwood Company, Kendal Corporation and Viva Senior Living described a 2026 staffing environment shaped by increased resident acuity, high demand contrasted by a small number of younger staff […]
In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned ThriveMore approves life plan community development Not-for-profit senior living provider ThriveMore announced plans have advanced […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect additional commentary from NIC Senior Principal Omar Zahraoui. High occupancy rates in senior living are not always translating to broad improvements in operating margins, even as demand for senior living remains high in 2026. In a recent analysis, National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC) Senior Principal Omar […]
Priority Life Care is growing its memory care program to focus its model on a research-based method in an effort to gain more emotional understanding and empathy in dementia care. Today, Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Priority Life Care oversees a memory care portfolio that includes 28 full-continuum communities with memory care segments and four standalone memory […]
