Senior Living Operators Manage ‘Balancing Act’ of Rising Acuity, Falling Margins

Rising resident acuity is impacting senior living margins, and in response operators are getting creative to make bottom line improvements even as challenges remain. In recent years, especially with the pandemic, operators have said residents are arriving in senior living communities with more care needs than in the past. That phenomenon is shaping the future […]

In the Pipeline: Morning Pointe Expands in Tennessee; Blakeford Senior Life Completes $75M Renovation

In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Completed Morning Pointe Senior Living completes latest memory care phase Morning Pointe Senior Living recently completed […]

In the Pipeline: MorningStar Opens Colorado Community; Sunrise Expands in California

In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: In Progress Stark Enterprises, Stark Living start construction on North Carolina community Stark Enterprises, along with […]

How the Push and Pull of Owner-Operator Relationships Shapes Senior Living

Senior living operators and owners need to work together in better alignment to achieve outcomes in 2024 and beyond This is not a controversial statement, and the issue of better owner-operator alignment has been a hot topic for several years. But discussions last week at our Capital & Strategy conference showed that the industry is […]

Northbridge Builds on Affordable Senior Living Model, Seeking Northward Expansion

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Northbridge Companies is continuing to build upon and tweak the company’s affordable senior living model, with an eye toward taking it farther north, according to CEO Jim Coughlin.  So far this year for Burlington, Mass.-based provider has seen improvements in margin growth and continues to grow top-line […]

In the Pipeline: Morning Pointe Makes Progress in Tennessee; AlerisLife Adds Memory Care Neighborhood to Arizona Community 

In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned Luxury community addition in Massachusetts Wingate Living and WL Development recently announced plans for One […]

How Senior Living CEOs Are Playing the Long Game in Strategic Planning

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Top leaders of senior living organizations are busy preparing for the future – sometimes as far out as the next half-century. Senior Housing News has spoken with quite a few top leaders of senior living operators across the country in the past month – at the recent […]

How Shifts in Resident Acuity Are Forcing Providers to Walk ‘Fine Line’  

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription It’s a common refrain in senior living: Today’s independent living is yesterday’s assisted living; and today’s assisted living is yesterday’s skilled nursing.  Although that is obviously an oversimplification of the senior living care continuum, the current acuity level of residents is driving major strategic decisions at big […]