Inside Cutting-Edge Memory Care Programs From Abe’s Garden, Belmont Village, Goodwin Living

The senior living industry is at the forefront of new health care research, data and treatments. Given the complexity of their operations, memory care operators are often at the cutting-edge. In 2023, such operators are innovating on memory care offerings to bring new research-based practices to improve operations and staffing. All the while, they are […]

More Than Opulence: How Maplewood, Vi, Mather Tie Luxury Into Memory Care

Rich cultural programming, on-demand and concierge services, five-star dining, world-class care — over the years, the senior living industry has clearly defined what luxury looks and feels like. For memory care, that definition is not as clear. Part of the challenge is that the product type is more clinical in nature than independent living given […]

Demand vs. Execution: Anthem, Pegasus, Sage Oak CEOs Prepare for Memory Care’s Next Era

The demographics and demand for memory care communities have set the product type up for long-term success and growth — now, the sector just has to overcome everything else. The memory care sector endured some harrowing challenges in 2020 and 2021.Staffing challenges, high expenses and negative perceptions from society at large have hamstrung some senior […]

GenCare Narrows Senior Living Industry’s Behavioral Health ‘Gap’ With New Partnership

A senior living operator in the Pacific Northwest is going bigger on mental health with a new partnership aimed at helping residents and their families better access — and crucially, pay for — behavioral health services. Earlier this month, Seattle-based GenCare Lifestyle announced it is the first major senior living operator in the U.S. to […]

How Vi Is Going Bigger on Memory Care With New Tech, Staffing Efforts

Life plan community operator Vi has not necessarily been known for memory care services alone, but a new effort to stand out from the competition may be changing that. The Chicago-based senior living operator has always offered upscale memory care services to residents through its full-continuum care model, and there are no current plans to […]

Sunrise Senior Living Nears Opening for Second NYC Highrise With Welltower, Hines 

Sunrise Senior Living is slated to strengthen its foothold in New York City’s budding luxury senior living market. The McLean, Virginia-based company is in the coming weeks opening its forthcoming community in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Construction on the community wrapped up earlier in the year, according to local news publication New York Yimby. Like […]

How Maplewood, Vitality Are Evolving for a New Era of Senior Living Tech

Around 2017, a cardiothoracic surgery nurse at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City noticed that an inordinate number of patients who underwent surgery experienced a notably high number of adverse health outcomes. The reasons behind these outcomes were initially unclear, and they would be potentially hard to glean unless someone was monitoring that […]