In the first quarter of 2020, Vitality Living’s Facebook presence had a total of 11,000 impressions. As Covid-19 gripped the United States, however, the Brentwood, Tennessee-based provider began to use the social media platform more aggressively. Senior leadership and executive directors provided daily live updates of its pandemic response across its 16 communities in Alabama, […]
Move-in numbers are approaching “normality” as the Covid-19 pandemic stretches into the fall — and to maintain this trend, senior living providers must stay focused on building and maintaining consumer confidence. That’s according to Larry Kutscher, CEO of A Place for Mom, the largest online referral platform for the industry. The company’s latest survey of […]
A dramatic increase in business for a new startup, Cohana, suggests just how much Covid-19 has fueled interest in small home-style senior living. Based in Miramar, Florida — in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale metro area — Cohana was founded in September 2019 by the husband and wife team of David and Jennifer Phillip. In addition to […]
The coronavirus pandemic’s initial spread throughout nursing homes in the United States continues to color perceptions from prospective residents — and to a lesser extent, their adult children — about the relative safety of long-term care across the spectrum, nearly six months later. As a result, current senior living demand is stemming largely from those […]
Covid-19 has depressed senior living leads, inquiries, tours and move-ins — and that means senior living sales teams can’t afford to let prospects fall through the cracks. Year-over-year, senior living inquires are down 35%, re-inquiries are down 65%, tours are down 26% and move-ins are down 30%, according to data from senior living marketing firm […]
Prospective residents and their loved ones largely have not soured on the idea of moving into a senior living community despite Covid-19, although the pandemic has taken a toll on consumer sentiment. That’s according to a new survey conducted for the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) by ProMatura Group, an Oxford, Mississippi-based senior living market […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted a regional senior living provider to reevaluate its value proposition and pivot its operations and marketing. That company is Oakmont Senior Living, a Windsor, California-based provider with 31 communities throughout California and Nevada. The provider, which traditionally focused on high-end amenities and services, found itself in unfamiliar territory when Covid-19 […]
Senior living sales professionals have faced a slew of challenges related to Covid-19, but many are not raising their game to meet the moment. That’s the message from Bild & Company founder and President Traci Bild. She shared the recent experience of a friend whose stepfather was being discharged from a rehabilitation facility and needed […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) recently held a “virtual sales rally” involving about 1,800 people, with the goal of helping communities drive occupancy as the Covid-19 pandemic enters its next phase. “The sales rally focused on strengthening our messages on Brookdale’s points of difference with each community’s local story, including facts on how we’ve managed […]
Covid-19 has upended the way that senior living sales teams operate. The good news is that May numbers showed improvement over April — but there are also indications that sales pros are not using their time most efficiently and effectively. These are among the takeaways from a newly released data set from Sherpa, representing information […]