[Updated] In the Pipeline: Oakmont Expands in California; Covenant Living Grows in Michigan

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: In Progress Covenant Living opens new cottage homes Covenant Living of the Great Lakes recently started […]

Unpaid Caregivers for People with Alzheimer’s Perform Work Worth 6-Figure Salary

The importance of unpaid caregivers for older adults with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia is well known in the senior living industry, and a new study calculates that if such caregivers earned a salary, their work would be worth a six-figure annual income. Unpaid caregivers such as family and friends, if compensated, would earn […]

Insight Living President: Genetic Testing Will Enable Personalized Care, Elevate Brain Health

Finding indicators of a predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease. Identifying cardiovascular and diabetic risk factors. These could be possible through the proliferation of genetic screening of senior living residents. Insight Living President Bryan Ziebart sees a future in which senior living residents can receive better care through hyper-personalized genetic testing assessments, something the Brea, California-based senior […]

Senior Living ‘Knocking On’ Record-High Occupancy Levels in Coming Years, Propelling Investor Interest

The underlying fundamentals of senior housing are contributing to an increasingly bullish outlook for investment in the sector. In fact, occupancy could reach record-high levels in the coming years, while investment firms such as AEW are prioritizing senior housing above other types of real estate in their near-term strategies. That’s according to experts who spoke […]

Treplus Communities Plans Next Growth Push With Eye on New Markets

Treplus Communities is expanding with a slate of new communities next year and plans to establish a foothold in a new state in 2026. In 2024, Treplus opened one new community, bringing the organization’s overall portfolio to five communities. The company has one community that is “shovel-ready” with an anticipated groundbreaking later this year ahead […]

NHI to Acquire 10 Spring Arbor Communities for $121M in Largest Deal Since 2020

In its largest transaction in four years, National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) has acquired a portfolio of communities in North Carolina for $121 million. The portfolio of communities includes 10 assisted living and memory care communities totaling 522 units. The communities are on a 15-year master lease with two five-year renewal options built in. Current […]

In the Pipeline: Morning Pointe Hits Milestone in Kentucky; Chicago CCRC Expansion Continues

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: In Progress New affordable senior housing community now under construction The second phase of the AHEPA […]

New NORC Study Identifies 6.5M ‘Near-Duals’ In Need of More Middle-Market Services

New research from NORC at the University of Chicago is highlighting a growing group of middle-income older adults unable to access senior living care. Approximately 6.5 million older adults – about 12% of the current population of people 65 and older – experience financial insecurity and navigate complex health care needs but have limited resources […]

USC Awarded $25M Grant to Study Environment’s Effects on Alzheimer’s and Dementia 

 The University of Southern California (USC) recently was awarded a $25 million grant to explore the influences that help accelerate or protect against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.  The grant comes from the National Institute on Aging and will study the exposome – or all environmental factors and everything people are exposed to […]