Senior living operators are not facing a short-term labor shortage, they are facing a “long-term realignment” as rising demand puts pressure on their ability to staff communities. That’s according to National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC) Senior Principal Omar Zahraoui, who said Tuesday during a webinar on workforce trends that senior housing […]
Senior living operators once pinned their hopes on an influx of workers via new immigration to help meet a surge of demand in the years ahead. In 2025, those hopes seem all but dashed. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a hard line to new immigration, with aspirations to further ramp up […]
The senior living industry could be “more durable” than some of its real estate counterparts in the years to come with regard to tariffs, while immigration is a bigger, longer-term issue. The impact of tariffs on the senior living industry, along with potential impacts including proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and ongoing deportations, have […]
Senior living caregivers are leaving their jobs due to low pay, burnout and lack of career advancement, according to a new survey. The new survey from digital workforce company Kare included responses from 3,112 licensed caregivers, collected in late 2024 and centered on workforce trends shaping senior living staffing. Nearly a third of respondents, 29%, […]
Agemark Senior Living is passing the baton to a new generation of leaders as part of a planned leadership transition. Managing partners Michael Pittore and Forrest Westin are set to lead the company as co-CEOs as current CEO Martin Hug transitions to the role of executive chairman, the company told Senior Housing News. The transition will […]
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription The senior living industry potentially faces a workforce shortfall in the years ahead. For years, operators had hoped immigration would help close that gap – but that hope has faded in the last four months. As demand for senior living rises, industry associations like Argentum, along with […]
In 2025, turnover and retention are among senior living operators’ biggest challenges. Some operators are dealing with it by taking cues from big companies like Costco. Costco and other companies like Sam’s Club and QuikTrip have taken the approach that giving employees better benefits, pay and an accessible career ladder leads to better business outcomes […]
Senior living provider Clearwater Living has promoted Danielle Morgan to the role of CEO as it nears a 20-community footprint in 2025. Morgan, who has worked as the Newport Beach, California-based operator’s president since 2017, is in her new role tasked with expanding operations and strategic initiatives and building a stronger culture. In 2025 under […]
Real estate and senior living executive Jamie Ranzan is returning to MorningStar Senior Living to work as the company’s president and chief investment officer. Ranzan previously worked for Denver, Colorado-based MorningStar Senior Living as its CFO between 2016 and 2020. She left the company and worked as president with Solera Senior Living and CFO at […]
Navion Senior Solutions has named COO Beverly Janco Tuttle as its new CEO, taking over from founder Stephen Morton, who is transitioning to chairman of the board. Janco Tuttle joined Navion in 2020 as senior vice president of operations, and she was hired as part of a succession plan on the part of Navion. She […]
