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 […]
SHN needs your help! Take this five-question survey about the active adult apartment rental space — that is age-restricted or age-targeted rental apartments with no care component — and help our staff generate unique insights for our readers. Responses and analysis will be published on SHN in the coming weeks. Survey time is two minutes. […]
SHN needs your help! Take a short survey about adult day services in senior living — and help deliver unique insights to the SHN readership. Responses and analysis will be published on SHN in the coming weeks. The survey time is under two minutes. Respondents will be entered to win a $100 Amazon gift card. […]
SHN needs your help! Take this short survey about the strategies senior housing operators are using to generate revenue and profit in their dining programs — and help deliver unique insights to the SHN readership. Responses and analysis will be published on SHN in the coming weeks. Survey time is under three minutes. Respondents will […]
Social isolation. Dementia support. Pain management. Staff training. Today, senior living operators are starting to look at virtual reality as a piece of the solution to these challenges — and they’re starting to spend real money on it. In the new report, “Inside The Rise of Senior Living Virtual Reality,” Senior Housing News spoke with […]