Movers and Shakers: OnShift, Maplewood Senior Living

OnShift’s Peter Corless Begins Second Term on AHCA Governing Board Peter Corless, executive vice president of enterprise development at OnShift, has been re-elected as the associate business member (ABM) president for the American Health Care Association (AHCA). OnShift is a Cleveland-based software development firm that specializes in the post-acute care and senior living industries. Corless […]

Provider Boosts Memory Care Results with Focus on Routine Tasks

The demand for Alzheimer’s care has doubled in the last 20 years, and the population of those needing care is expected to nearly triple in size in the next few decades, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). To meet this demand, memory care providers are developing evidence-based programs […]

Mather, Northwestern Launch Study on Life Plan Community Benefits

To date, no studies have been conducted to determine the impact that living in a life plan community has on seniors’ long-term health and wellness. For that reason, the research service arm of Evanston, Illinois-based senior housing provider Mather LifeWays is partnering with a Big Ten university to analyze that very subject. Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging […]

Senior Housing Highrise To Be Tallest Building in Ft. Lauderdale

The title of “tallest building” in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will soon belong to a new luxury senior living high-rise, if all goes according to plan. Developed by Fort Lauderdale-based Ocean Land Investments, the Riverwalk Residences of Las Olas is slated be a 42-story tall senior living community featuring 401 units consisting of 192 independent living, 152 […]

Movers & Shakers: Legacy, Oakmont, Front Porch

Always Best Care Names New Territory Owner Roseville, California-based Always Best Care Senior Services has named husband-and-wife team Ethan and Ian Kim as the new owners of its San Diego South Territory. The agency provides non-medical in-home senior care services and free assisted living placements to local communities like Coronado, Downtown North Park, South Bay and […]

Health Sensors Prove Their Value in Assisted Living

Sensors can prevent functional decline in assisted living residents—and, as a result, can help them stay healthier, longer, according to a study published in the Journal of The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (JAMDA). The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, School of Social Work, and School […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: CBRE, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital

CBRE Arranges Acquisition Financing for CA Ventures, Construction Financing for Belmont Village  Houston-based CBRE Capital Markets has arranged a portfolio acquisition financing on behalf of a joint venture between Chicago-based real estate investment holding company CA Ventures and a global investment manager for the CA Senior Living portfolio. The portfolio consists of four senior housing […]

Out-of-the-Box Ways Senior Housing Can Compete With Aging at Home

The strong desire of many older adults to age in their own homes continues to threaten the senior housing industry. To begin to attract more of these seniors, the industry will have to become more innovative, according to Dan Hutson, chief strategy officer at HumanGood, a Pleasanton, California-based operator of affordable housing and senior living communities. “Technology is […]

The ‘Four Outs’ Operators Should Follow in an Active Shooter Situation

Editor’s Note: This story was published to Senior Housing News shortly before news broke of the Las Vegas shooting early Monday. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have certainly tested the emergency preparedness of senior living communities along the Gulf Coast in recent weeks. Unfortunately, not all potential disasters are as predictable as hurricanes—but senior housing communities still need to […]