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 […]
HHHunt Corporation plans to invest $128.4 million to develop new senior living communities this year under its Spring Arbor brand. The Blacksburg, Virginia-based firm also intends to enter the active adult space and is on track to have a development pipeline underway by the fourth quarter of 2019. The new Spring Arbor developments include two […]
“Our local health care system won’t let marketers into their building. I have to find sneaky ways to get in there.” These are the words of a sales and marketing director at a standalone memory care community, who spoke to Senior Housing News for this installment of “Confessions.” The goal of this series is to […]
Health care versus hospitality: it’s an ongoing debate in the senior living industry today. High-end properties with resort-style amenities grab headlines, but other companies are committed to a different niche. For Premier Senior Living, success lies in maintaining a laser-focus on care and marketing that expertise. The New York City-based company currently has 23 assisted […]
Within the next two weeks, construction is slated to start on the first Legendary Living senior housing community. Legendary Living is the new senior living arm of Legendary LLC, a Destin, Florida-based real estate development and management firm that has specialized in luxury hotel, multifamily and resort properties since its founding in 1991. Through this […]