Residents Sue to Halt Closure of NY Assisted Living Comunity

A group of assisted living residents are suing in an effort to stop their Brooklyn community from shutting down in June, reports the New York Times. Prospect Park Residence is scheduled for closure next month, but a lawsuit filed Friday against the community and the State Health Department is trying to stop that from happening. […]

HCP Defends Position as Strong Senior Housing investor

From investing in a new senior housing sub-sector to exploring opportunities abroad, HCP logged a solid first quarter and thumbed its nose at industry speculation that REITs’ value has been diminished through the planned Brookdale-Emeritus merger. Perhaps the highlight of the quarter was HCP’s agreement with Brookdale Senior Living to form a new, $1.2 billion […]

Chart of the Day: Traffic Trends for Top Senior Care Sites

Site traffic is on a spring surge for the top five senior care websites, dominated by care referral service providers along with a lone senior living provider.  The number of unique visitors for Care.com, Caring.com, SeniorHousingNet.com, A Place for Mom, and Emeritus trended upward in March according to data from comScore, an internet technology company […]

CMS to Raise Skilled Nursing Payments by 2% in 2015

Skilled nursing facilities will see a 2% increase in reimbursements in fiscal year 2015 thanks to a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS on Thursday issued a proposed rule outlining fiscal year 2015 Medicare payment rates for skilled nursing facilities. Aggregate payments to skilled nursing facilities in 2015 will increase by […]

Senior Living Provider Turns Communities into Memory Tech Labs

A nonprofit California senior living organization is testing new technologies geared toward caring for those with cognitive impairments by piloting new programs in its memory care communities. The Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing is part of a family of companies that includes Front Porch Communities and Services, which has 10 retirement communities and two […]

Minneapolis on Quest for “Unique Urban Model” of Senior Living

Minneapolis officials are on a quest to develop a “unique urban model” of senior living that targets hot spots where city amenities and healthcare options converge.  A recent Minneapolis Star Tribune article features Carol Kennedy and Tom Powers, who raised their two children in Minneapolis and established deep roots in their neighborhood, but aren’t sure […]

Uptick in Nonprofit Senior Housing Sales to For-Profit Buyers

A HUD lender is seeing a post-recession uptick in not-for-profit senior housing sales to for-profit buyers as organizations turn their focus to core assets that most strongly align with their missions. For nonprofits left in a more precarious financial situation by the Great Recession, selling non-core assets is a strategy for maximizing capital that can […]

CMS Ramps Up Nursing Home Quality Control Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is ramping up a program that focuses on nursing homes with serious quality issues after a sequester-induced reduction, the Department of Health & Human Services announced in a recent memo. Effective in April, CMS adjusted the number of designated slots and facility candidates so states can resume selecting […]

Senior Communities Win Resident Buy-In Through the Arts

Some senior living providers are generating community buzz—and simultaneously engaging residents—by carving out a niche in the arts. Meta Housing Corporation’s developments include three senior arts colonies along with a focus on arts programming throughout its senior housing portfolio, while a Sunrise Senior Living community recently kicked off its first-ever playwriting residency through a partnership […]