This article is sponsored by Yardi. In this Voices interview, Senior Housing News sits down with Yardi Vice President of Senior Living Ray Elliott to learn what technology lessons senior living operators can learn from the other housing sectors, how senior living is reacting to COVID-19 and the importance of taking creative chances with technology […]
Remote-resident monitoring has long been a focus of senior housing operators, with great benefits for preventing falls, a leading cause of senior hospitalization and 30-day readmissions. Yet further advancements in fall prevention technology are needed to not merely react to falls, but anticipate them. Now, one software provider is doing just that. And because the […]
This article is sponsored by PointClickCare. In this Voices interview, Senior Housing News sits down with PointClickCare Vice President and General Manager of Senior Living Travis Palmquist to learn how senior living providers can use data to capture their “rightful seat at the table” in the care continuum, the top areas where providers need to […]
On May 18-20, join your fellow senior housing leaders in Tampa to hear from leading senior living executives and dynamic keynote speakers while discussing the trends and opportunities that are shaping the industry in 2020 and beyond. When senior living leaders convene in Tampa this May for the Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference, they will […]
Senior living’s embrace of the hospitality ethos is well known, as is its work with smart technology and the creation of smart units, and even smart communities. A new tech rollout at a senior living community in Kalamazoo, Michigan, reveals a successful combination of the two. Friendship Village Senior Living recently launched Caremerge Voice, a […]
As interest in the active adult apartment rental product rises, it is becoming something of a no-man’s-land, with both senior housing operators and multifamily developers attempting to stake their claim to the lucrative, promising space. According to new data and a new report from Senior Housing News, senior housing operators have no question as to […]
“What do boomers want?” When it comes to housing, one answer is growing more than any other: active adult rental apartments. And the industry is taking notice, according to a new report from Senior Housing News. In an SHN survey of 120 senior housing professionals, administered in September 2019, a whopping 87% of respondents said […]
Technically speaking, independent living remains the consumer entry point into senior housing — the first step in the traditional care continuum. But as senior living operators know too well, consumers at that entry point are older than in the past, with many now well past 75. That’s why so many senior housing operators are looking […]
For nearly a decade, American seniors have steadily grown more comfortable with hospice. Nowhere has that growth manifested itself more than in assisted living. Yet for a variety of reasons — including the lingering taboo around hospice and the administrative burdens that come with Medicare — hospice remains largely an assisted living outsider, according to […]
Joanne Ford knows all too well the challenges hospice faces in senior living. “One of the barriers for people making referrals to hospice from assisted living facilities is (AL operators say), ‘We don’t want people to see hospice in our building — please don’t wear your name tag here,’” says Ford, vice president of the […]