Referral streams that were frozen at the outset of the pandemic are starting to thaw as pent-up demand returns to the industry. Data from senior living sales and technology companies Sherpa and Enquire, along with firsthand accounts from senior living providers, tell the story that many referral sources are returning to life across the industry […]
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. View this year’s winning entries here. And if you’d like to submit a project to In the Pipeline, email us. Construction: Planned Milwaukee Life Plan Community […]
Senior living executives routinely tell me that the sector’s biggest competitive threat is at-home care, which enables older adults to avoid moves into communal settings. If that’s true, senior living leaders should be quaking. While they strive to regain their financial and operational footing, capital is pouring into the at-home care space. In just the […]
For Eclipse Senior Living CEO Kai Hsiao, the Covid-19 pandemic has proven that scale matters. He’s been getting more calls from mom-and-pop operators under stress, thinking about how to make an exit from the industry. And he notes that providers historically have not needed to have cash reserves to handle all the costs that the […]
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. View this year’s winning entries here. And if you’d like to submit a project to In the Pipeline, email us. Construction: Planned Watermark Plans Texas Community […]
When the White House released its $2 trillion infrastructure plan on March 31, I thought the news could not have come at a better time for one company: InnovAge. Denver-based InnovAge is the largest provider of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and last month executed a $350 million initial public offering […]
Long-established Beehive, home care mainstay BrightStar and newcomer Majestic offer different franchise models It isn’t a boom yet, but interest in franchise ownership of senior living properties has grown recently, and this model shows signs of becoming more prevalent as baby boomer demand gains strength in the coming years. Franchise-based senior living already was gaining […]
Covid-19 exacerbated an already tough hiring environment for senior living providers over the past year. Now, as the industry nears a post-pandemic environment, it is uncertain if providers will be able to recruit available workers — a challenge that may become harder if hospitality and other industries hard hit by Covid-19 experience quick rebounds. While […]
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. View this year’s winning entries here. And if you’d like to submit a project to In the Pipeline, email us. In progress Restoration to Hold Ribbon-Cutting […]
Amazon, Apple, Google and other tech giants are executing on health care strategies that could disrupt senior living, but to my mind, the industry could be affected most quickly and directly by a more traditional retailer: Best Buy. The Richfield, Minnesota-based company is known for its big-box stores that sell tech products, from smartphones to […]
