The South Denver 2009 Showcase of Retirement Communities announced its Best of Showcase award winners recently as part of a two-day event featuring five retirement communities on Colorado’s front range. Classic Residence by Hyatt in Highlands Ranch was named Best of Show, with St. Andrew’s Village in Aurora taking runner-up honors.
Category: Assisted Living
Aegis Living, a national provider of senior living and assisted living communities, announced a new partnership with with Bastyr University, an institution of natural health arts and sciences education and research, to make life better for seniors through its new innovative Living 4 Life program. The collaboration will focus on development of programs and activities […]
The LaSalle Group, Inc., a Dallas-based real estate developer, announced the ground breaking of the Autumn Leaves of The Woodlands, the company’s first property in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area. Initial construction on the new residence is already underway and is scheduled to be completed by June 2010. The property will feature 38 units and […]
The National Seniors Housing Group of Apartment Realty Advisors (ARA) recently announced that it brokered the sale of The Isle of Emerald Court, a 94-unit assisted living community located in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. The Northbridge Companies (“Northbridge”) of Burlington, Massachusetts purchased the property from owner/developer South Bay Partners of Dallas, Texas. The Isle at Emerald Court […]
RealPage, Inc.,a provider of on-demand software and services to the real estate industry, has entered the senior housing market with the acquisition of A.L. Wizard, a software and best practices company focused on the senior living industry. A.L. Wizard developed a nationally-acclaimed assessment method for resident acuity measurement and community management best practices.
The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) recently released a comprehensive report entitled “State Medicaid Reimbursement Policies and Practices in Assisted Living,” that details the wide variation in how states determine Medicaid payment levels for assisted living communities and other related policy issues. The findings reveal that the number of people receiving Medicaid coverage in […]
Senior Living Residences (SLR), a Boston-based company providing Alzheimer’s care to New England seniors, has been implementing a cognitively protective diet and nutrition program at its independent and assisted living communities. Following a research-based model of treatment and care and placing a strong emphasis on innovation, SLR is the first assisted living company in the […]
National Assisted Living Week® (NALW) is taking place September 13-19, 2009 and more than 38,000 assisted living communities nationwide will be celebrating this year’s theme “Traditions of the Heart.” Many companies are announcing their support in conjunction with events at their facilities throughout the country. The National Center for Assisted Living established NALW in 1995 […]
Emeritus Corporation (NYSE: ESC), a national provider of assisted living and Alzheimer’s and related dementia care services to senior citizens, announced its second quarter 2009 results recently that showed a net loss for the second quarter was $7.1 million compared to a net loss of $25.2 million in the prior year quarter, an improvement of […]
Over one-third of the skilled nursing and assisted living centers which are operated by subsidiaries of Skilled Healthcare Group (NYSE:SKH) have earned the prestigious 2009 Step 1 National Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and the National Center For Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) in recognition of the centers’ strong commitment to continuous quality improvement. […]