Ask any two people in the senior living industry where they’d like to grow old and you’re likely to hear two wildly different answers. After all, there’s a lot of interesting—and downright luxurious—choices available to seniors these days, from providers that offer dinner with wine pairings and state-of-the-art movie screening rooms to communities that have fully […]
Construction: Planned Silverado Plots Memory Care Community in California Silverado Senior Living has plans to build an 82-bed memory care community in Thousand Oaks, California, reports the Thousand Oaks Acorn, a local news website. The Irvine, California-based provider is currently waiting on a zoning change from local officials. Age-restricted Community Opening Near Milwaukee Apartments for active […]
A new innovation program from Maplewood Senior Living aims to put more cutting-edge technology in the hands of older adults. The Westport, Connecticut-based provider on Sept. 5 announced the launch of the Center for Aging Innovation and Technology, an initiative designed to scout out new technologies and innovations that could help seniors become more independent, safer […]
Construction: Planned Smith/Packett Planning $15 Million Community in Virginia Smith/Packett has plans to build a $15 million assisted living community in Roanoke, Virginia. The community, Pheasant Ridge Assisted Living, will open with 90 units, an on-site chef, round-the-clock concierge service and a variety of recreational activities, reports TV news station WDBJ7. Senior Housing Planned in South Carolina CR […]
One of the nation’s biggest senior living providers is pitching in to aid Houston seniors displaced by the devastating flooding that Hurricane Harvey left in its wake. Dallas-based Capital Senior Living (NYSE: CSU), which owns and operates 129 senior living communities around the U.S., including 32 in Texas, has announced that it has room for […]
It’s no secret that many senior living providers are having trouble attracting “middle market” residents, or people who make enough to support themselves in their own homes but can’t afford a typical community’s monthly fees. But those people may find some relief in a different type of senior housing designed to cost a little less than […]
Construction: Planned MGL Partners and Solvera Advisors to Turn Historic Denver Building into Senior Housing MGL Partners and Solvera Advisors recently purchased the historic Tammen Hall building in Denver with the intention of turning it into affordable independent senior housing. The repurposed Tammen Hall is scheduled for completion in early 2019. When it opens, it will […]
Six Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) residents did their best Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran impressions during a special event at the Health:Further conference in Nashville Wednesday morning. Earlier this year, Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale announced it had partnered with Health:Further, a Tennessee-based organization that specializes in innovation partner programs and holds an annual technology event in Nashville by the same name. […]
Hispanic Americans are unsure that assisted living communities and other kinds of senior care providers can meet their needs, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Just 18% of Hispanics age 40 and older are “extremely or very confident” that assisted living communities can take their cultural needs into account, the […]
A relatively new professional certification program for assisted living executive directors has what it takes to become a nationwide industry standard, leaders throughout the sector say. In fact, some providers are already going as far as considering making it mandatory. The Certified Director of Assisted Living (CDAL) program is an effort of the Senior Living Certification Commission, which was formed in 2015 by […]
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