Senior living design is a balancing act: Providers must create communities to suit the markets where they are today, but also position them with an eye toward a future that is in many ways uncertain. With an approach that emphasizes longevity and timelessness, that can be achieved. Gone are the days when communities used dated finishes, […]
With more than 50 years of combined senior living experience, industry veterans Brad Haber and Brian Cloch assure that their newly formed post-acute care provider, Innovative Health LLC, will be anything but amateur. What’s the Rosemont, Illinois-based company’s strategy? To own and operate post-acute health care assets and collaborate with municipalities, hospital systems, accountable care organizations […]
Amenities can help senior living providers differentiate themselves from their competition, but they can also leech revenue and silently drain cash flow if not priced adequately. And the issue might only become more pressing given the market: Senior living providers today are tasked with providing the best quality of care and services to their residents, […]
Last month’s record-setting disposition price for a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) may be a bellwether, signaling that more senior living players may soon be paying premium prices for post-acute assets, a recent analysis suggests. Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBRA) in late June agreed to acquire four SNFs in Maryland for $234 […]
The U.S. faces an impending surge in the number of seniors who will require long-term care, while simultaneously facing a staggering shortage in the number of caregivers to serve them. This situation carries serious implications for senior housing providers in the coming years, but they may be able to avoid this “caregiver cliff” by recruiting […]
As recent data suggests overbuilding in certain markets, the stakes are higher than ever for senior housing providers to implement a more disciplined and forward-thinking approach to development. In fact, the decisions industry members make today will ultimately determine whether they thrive or fall by the wayside, senior housing executives agreed during Senior Housing News’ […]
From giants like Google and Apple to Uber and other burgeoning startups, tech companies are lining up to cash in on a swelling senior population that’s increasingly living longer and requesting more services to help them age in place. However, seniors’ tech demand often seems much different from that of younger generations, which raises the question: […]
When senior living executives approach a local hospital system or a powerful health insurance provider to discuss collaboration, they might want to act like they are entering an ice cream parlor. At least, that’s the perspective of Bruce Chernof, M.D., one of the nation’s foremost experts on senior care and aging issues. He headed up the […]
The NFL Alumni Association is officially giving its seal of approval to a Florida-based developer to provide assisted living and memory care services for former pro football players. Pro Football Legends, the marketing arm of the NFL Alumni Association, will be working with Validus Senior Living, a subsidiary of Validus Group, to spend more than a […]
Canada’s senior housing sector continues to attract big money from both national and U.S. investors looking to capitalize on the market’s robust opportunities for acquisition and development. For some players, including one Montreal-based senior housing owner-operator-developer, the opportunity is to the tune of more than $1 billion. The reach is so big, that this provider […]
