More senior living providers are using dynamic pricing models when determining entrance fees and resident fees based on floor plans, high-demand units and other factors, according to the Ziegler CFO Hotline Survey released earlier this week. Nearly 80% of respondents said they use two or more factors in determining entrance fee changes, with three factors […]
Category: CCRCs
Residents at Villa Marin, a not-for-profit life plan community in California, own and help shape what goes on in the where they live. It’s all part of how the operator keeps them feeling well and engaged. At San Rafael, California-based Villa Marin, older adults have for 40 years had a say through ahomeowner’s association with resident-led boards. Longtime senior living executive Charlotte-Nicole […]
Not-for-profit life plan communities (LPCs) are continuing to rebound from challenges in recent years as conditions continue to improve. That’s according to a new report from ratings agency Fitch Ratings. For the Sept. 10 report, Fitch analysts examined the public ratings of 162 LPCs as of Aug. 28, 2024, and came away with the conclusion […]
Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) that charge entrance fees had higher occupancy in the first quarter of 2025 compared to those that have rental payment structures. That’s according to a new analysis from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC), which tracked occupancy at 571 entrance fee and 488 rental CCRCs in […]
Conditions in 2025 favor life plan communities more than they did in 2024, according to Fitch Ratings. The ratings agency in December 2024 raised its credit outlook for life plan communities to neutral from a previous outlook of “deteriorating” due to improvements in cost inflation of some goods and services and better staffing conditions. Many […]
Continuing care retirement community (CCRCs) occupancy and absorption rates continued to outpace non-CCRC communities in the third quarter of 2024. Memory care units within CCRCs surpassed other CCRC unit types with an absorption rate of 5.3% in the third quarter of 2024, according to a Nov. 22 report from the National Investment Center for Seniors […]
After years of challenges, the road ahead now looks a little brighter for non-profit life plan communities. Life plan communities are seeing more stable occupancy and operational trends than in the past, likely leading them to increase capital expenditure spending in the future. On the whole, “recovery building blocks [are] emerging” for the sector, according […]
By Amy Stulick Skilled nursing beds have contributed to operational stress at continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) this year, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. Fitch recorded eased labor challenges as well among skilled nursing providers as part of its “exposure draft” document that proposed revising rating criteria for CCRCs. Such campuses continue to […]
Living in communal senior housing is associated with greater longevity versus residing in the community at large – but there is notable variation between top-performing senior housing communities and those on the bottom. These are among the newly released findings from research conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago and funded by the National […]
Rose Villa Senior Living has grown to include 22 acres across a garden campus in the Portland, Oregon area. Recently, the community completed the addition of two buildings at the heart of its urban core to improve resident wellbeing. Rose Villa expanded to accommodate new neighborhoods and updated community amenities in multiple phases. Its third […]
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