Entries for the 2018 Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards are starting to come in for a variety of categories. The Awards program, in its sixth year, recognizes excellence by celebrating construction and renovation projects that improve the lives of seniors through innovative senior housing architecture. Participants have until October 31, 2018, to submit […]
Category: Development
In an increasingly competitive operating environment, senior living providers are incorporating state-of-the-art therapy solutions to attract today’s residents. And they’re doing this in light of several key trends: university partnerships, shrinking floor plans and concerted fall reduction techniques. Aquatic therapy pool provider HydroWorx has identified these trends, as well as the trend of incorporating aquatic therapy, […]
Network and hear from a few of the industry’s most dynamic thought leaders in an intimate setting this September 6th at the Senior Housing News (SHN) Summit – Los Angeles. Register now to hear from: Wendy Simpson, President and CEO, LTC Properties Talya Nevo-Hacohen, EVP, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. […]
Senior housing operators, owners and developers have long spoken hopefully about the upcoming “Silver Tsunami,” or the rapid aging of the U.S. population based on the baby boom. What some in the industry fail to consider is that this “Silver Tsunami” is still 10 years away. While the long-term outlook for senior housing is strong, […]
If retirement begins at 55, independent living is three decades late. While independent living (IL) is loosely considered the start of the senior living care continuum, experts agree that most people are not entering IL until their 70s at the earliest, according to a new report from Senior Housing News. One study pushes that figure […]
On the heels of opening the doors to the senior care industry’s first-ever technology innovation hub, in Louisville, Kentucky, there’s another push to put the city at the forefront of the aging services industry. Some of the health care leaders involved with the Thrive Center for innovation are banding together with other CEOs in the city. […]
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI) expressed faith in one of its senior living partners during its latest earnings call—but also expressed some apparent reservations with respect to that company’s growth plans. Omega has conveyed interest in backing Maplewood Senior Living’s large growth plans over the next several years. However, executives of the Hunt Vally, […]
Life Care Services, one of the nation’s largest senior living operators, aims to capture some of Walt Disney World’s magic when it opens an $82 million, 239-unit community in nearby Celebration, Florida. Windsor at Celebration will bring with it independent living, assisted living and memory care residences, in addition to some access to some high-end amenities, when owner-developer Big […]
Sélection Panorama, a 30-story senior housing project currently under construction near Montreal, Quebec, is noteworthy for being the tallest senior housing tower in Canada—but that’s not all. It’s impact will extend far beyond Canada, according to Gaëtan Cormier, the senior vice president of development at Quebec-based senior housing company Réseau Sélection, which is developing the project. Réseau Sélection is […]
At a time when some providers are rushing to open sprawling and luxurious senior living communities, one Texas-based owner-operator is thinking small. Dallas-based Mustang Creek Estates specializes in building affordable campuses comprised of six or seven individual homes that accommodate 10-16 residents apiece. Though the communities are smaller and more homey than a typical private-pay community, they still […]
