It’s a common refrain in senior living that today’s assisted living communities are closer to yesterday’s skilled nursing facilities. In 2025, operators are indeed contending with residents’ increasing acuity needs. Multiple factors have pushed assisted living care delivery into higher acuity. Operators have said older adults are waiting longer to seek out senior living services, […]
Three U.S. senators are calling for a new investigation into the quality of assisted living communities across the country that participate in Medicaid. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have filed a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review and update its 2018 report on state and federal […]
The senior living industry is on the cusp of demographic-driven demand that could spur above average revenue growth through 2029. That’s according to a recent report published by commercial real estate advisory firm Green Street. The report forecasts that market revenue per available foot (RevPAF) will increase to around 5.5% through 2029 as accelerating demand […]
Independent living operators picked up the pace of resident rent growth in the third quarter of 2024 after a period of deceleration earlier in the year. independent living initial rates were 12.2% higher in September, 2024 than in the same period one year prior, according to a new analysis from the National Investment Center for […]
The suspected shooter in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has family ties to a Maryland assisted living and skilled nursing provider. Luigi Mangione is the 26-year-old suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. His grandfather, Nick Mangione Sr., founded Lorien Health Services, according to multiple news reports published Monday after the […]
Five Star Senior Living and Life Care Services took the top spots in the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Senior Living Satisfaction Study. Five Star Senior Living took the top spot among assisted living and memory care family members and decision-makers with an overall satisfaction score of 877. Senior Lifestyle came in second, with a score […]
More than half of senior living residents are managing chronic conditions including high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s and heart disease, while nearly two-thirds need help with three to six activities of daily living. That’s according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on the characteristics of people living in assisted living and […]
New Jersey, New Hampshire and Washington are home to the cities with the most expensive assisted living communities in the country on average, according to a new analysis from Seniorly. The senior living search website based its analysis on move-in data from its more than 60,000 senior living community network. The site calculated estimated pricing […]
Operators say the average acuity of senior living residents has risen since the start of the pandemic. In 2024, there are some companies meeting resident needs and fulfilling growth strategies by catering to them specifically. The strategies being put in place vary from operator to operator. For example, Kansas City, Missouri-based Tutera Senior Living builds […]
An analysis of 911 call data by the Washington Post shows that lift-assist emergency responses have increased 30% in recent years at assisted living and other senior care settings, the newspaper reported. That spike is three times faster than the increase in overall 911 call volume seen nationwide between the same time period of 2019 […]
