A surly restaurant critic takes a bite of the French vegetable dish called ratatouille and his heart melts, as he is transported back to eating his mother’s version in his childhood. This is a climactic moment of the animated film “Ratatouille,” and it’s the kind of dining experience that chefs around the world aspire to […]
Going forward, Chinese investors may be a lot more active in U.S. seniors housing. That’s because there’s an “intense appetite” among Chinese capital providers for U.S. senior housing assets, John Stasinos, managing director-healthcare at private equity firm Cindat Capital Management, said last week at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) Spring […]
Pricing senior housing properties is more of an art than a science—and today’s prospective buyers weigh different components in wide variety of ways. That’s according to a panel of experts who spoke Friday at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) Spring Investment Forum in Dallas. “There’s a wider disparity in the […]
For senior living operators, partnerships with outside health care organizations can hold tremendous value—but they must be approached carefully to actually work. New Jersey-based Brandywine Living, which operates 29 communities across six states, has learned this firsthand. Six of Brandywine’s communities have partnered with Bayada Home Health Care, which is also based in the Garden […]
The leaders behind two of the largest U.S. senior housing real estate investment trusts (REITs) say Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is a tenant worth having—as long as the provider can overcome its ongoing challenges. Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) Chairman and CEO Debra Cafaro and Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) CEO Tom DeRosa discussed Brookdale’s prospects this week […]
Lynn Peel didn’t just want a small house-style memory care community —she wanted a small house. That’s why the standalone memory care community she runs, The Mooring on Foreside, in Cumberland Foreside, Maine, has only 12 residents. “The number 12 was really important,” Peel, founder and principal, tells Senior Housing News. “It gave us the opportunity to […]
In senior living, it’s no longer acceptable to take a lackluster approach to dining. That’s because a great food program can make or break a senior living community—especially when it comes to occupancy, Greg Roderick, president and CEO of Portland, Oregon-based senior housing provider Frontier Management, suggested during a panel session at Senior Housing News’ […]
Older adults’ culinary preferences and tastes are changing rapidly, and senior living providers must adopt new techniques and technologies to keep up. Some of these trends, such as fast casual service or food hall-style venues, are already gaining ground in communities. Others, such as robotic chefs, might seem like science fiction, but providers need to […]
What do Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and senior housing providers like Benchmark Senior Living have in common? They’re all using predictive analytics to meet their respective goals. In the case of Netflix, the goal is to correctly guess consumers’ viewing preferences. For Amazon, it’s to drive sales by suggesting appealing products for specific people to purchase. […]
Capital Senior Living (NYSE: CSU) is optimistic about occupancy growth—as well as its ability to curb the negative effects of future flu seasons. The Dallas-based senior living operator is striving for a “culture of continuous improvement,” according to CEO Larry Cohen, who suggested during the company’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2017 earnings call on Tuesday that Capital […]
