The city of Chicago will spend $1 million in federal grant money to train building managers and staffs on memory care issues and practices. “The grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also will be used to train family caregivers and provide ‘train-the-trainer opportunities’ for staff at senior citizen centers, senior housing […]
Category: Memory Care
Irvine, California-based memory care provider Silverado has reached an agreement to sell almost the entirety of its home care business, Silverado At Home. The transaction will be effective on or about July 8, according to a statement Silverado shared Friday with Senior Housing News. San Francisco-based Home Care Assistance (HCA) is acquiring the business. HCA […]
Real estate investment trust Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has tapped Frontier Management to take over operations of 20 memory care properties currently operated by Silverado. The transition will take place over the next few weeks, and Frontier’s signage should be on the buildings by June 30, according to an internal Silverado memorandum obtained by Senior Housing […]
Solera Senior Living is embarking on a growth pipeline that includes several new developments and a potential collaboration with a national health care system. Currently, the Denver-based senior living company has two properties open, in Florida and Arizona, with another slated to open in Denver in January 2020. Solera also has five developments on the […]
Under the leadership of its recently appointed chief experience officer, Watercrest Senior Living Group is overhauling its memory care program. The Vero Beach, Florida-based provider is poised to roll out new programming for memory care residents as part of an initiative called Illuminate. Spearheading that effort is Hollie Kemp, who joined Watercrest last October as […]
A Place for Mom (APFM), the largest senior housing referral service in the country, released the results of its 2018 National Senior Living Cost Index Tuesday morning and found cost growth changed as follows: Independent living rates increased 2.6% from 2017 to 2018, bringing median monthly costs to $2,552Assisted living costs for seniors declined slightly […]
Silverado CFO Christian Sweetser has a passion for data. And in building the company’s financial planning and analytics department, he’s focused on getting other people throughout the organization excited about the numbers, to drive the company’s mission and bottom line. “You have to make it real for people and connect it to what they do […]
The Green House Project, a nonprofit founded by Dr. Bill Thomas in the early 2000s, is expanding its memory care programming. As part of its new Green House 2.0 initiative, the organization now offers its “Best Life” memory care approach to senior living providers outside of its network of small homes. Best Life is centered […]
Acts Retirement-Life Communities is conducting a two-year study in its communities, tracking the changes in residents’ brain health habits as a result of participating in Total Brain Health classes offered across the portfolio. The results of the study may serve as a blueprint for maintaining brain health as seniors age. The study, conducted by Acts […]
In the midst of industry headwinds, The LaSalle Group is focused on business basics in 2019 — but the Dallas-based company has some new initiatives underway as well. Notably, it is rolling out a new brand called “The Whitley” and is forging ahead with technology initiatives to streamline sales and marketing. LaSalle is an integrated […]