With its workforce burdened by crushing student loan debt, Trilogy Health Services started a repayment assistance program. About four years after starting that program, the Louisville-based senior housing and care provider is paying out nearly $2 million annually to about 1,500 associates, and is seeing a dramatically better retention among these workers. But loan repayment […]
After a whirlwind of acquisition activity in 2019, Invesque (TSX: IVQ U) is winding down the year with an eye on maximizing the value of its expanded senior housing portfolio in 2020 through improved operations, selective paring of assets, and holding options to consolidate most of its portfolio into master leases. The Toronto-based real estate […]
Senior living penetration rates can rise, provided the industry does a better job of integrating resident care with major health care players. That’s according to Cindy Baier, CEO of Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), who on Wednesday spoke about the chance for senior living providers to forge such partnerships in order to grow historically stagnant […]
I’m sick of hearing about career ladders. With workforce challenges putting senior living operators under intense pressure, I ask industry leaders about recruitment and retention strategies whenever I have a chance. Sometimes, people share interesting and effective ideas. Most often, though, I hear about career ladders. Or the benefits of having a strong, mission-oriented culture. […]
As more senior housing and care providers get in the Medicare Advantage (MA) game, it is becoming increasingly clear that they are playing a team sport. A striking example comes from Minnesota’s Twin Cities, where 10 different providers have come together with a health insurer and a geriatric medical practice/care management organization to launch one […]
CareTrust REIT (Nasdaq: CTRE) has spent most of 2019 doing some “spring cleaning” of its portfolio of long-term care facilities — including its senior housing assets — and focused on restructuring its portfolio and transitioning operators in the third quarter with an eye toward future growth in 2020 and beyond. “After five years, a lot […]
With industry fundamentals improving and successful operational initiatives starting to scale across the portfolio, leadership at Capital Senior Living (NYSE: CSU) believe the company is now poised to generate long-term success which could start to become evident as soon as the fourth quarter of 2019. Notably, the operator has seen strong results from a sales-related […]
Five Star Senior Living (Nasdaq: FVE) showed continued progress repositioning its senior housing portfolio in the third quarter of 2019, even if the raw numbers were not all pretty. The Newton, Massachusetts-based provider posted a net loss of $7.1 million for the three-month period ending on September 30. However, that marks an improvement over the […]
Technically speaking, independent living remains the consumer entry point into senior housing — the first step in the traditional care continuum. But as senior living operators know too well, consumers at that entry point are older than in the past, with many now well past 75. That’s why so many senior housing operators are looking […]
Merrill Gardens is nearly doubling its size through the acquisition of Blue Harbor Senior Living, and is welcoming back a familiar face to lead the combined entity. Merrill Gardens has acquired Blue Harbor — a senior living management company — from private equity firm Fortress Investment Group for an undisclosed price, the Seattle-based senior living […]
