(Rendering of formal dining room at Edgemere, located in Dallas, Texas — photo courtesy of Edgemere) Construction: Planned Independent Living Building Planned in Hingham, Massachusetts Erickson Senior Living is planning a new independent living community in Hingham, Massachusetts. The 156,378-square-foot, seven-story building will add 104 independent living homes to the already-established Linden Ponds. Willard Square will also […]
As baby boomers steadily creep up in age, the number of older adults requiring memory care is expected to balloon as well. Though this may come as welcome news to memory care communities nationwide, most of them aren’t necessarily up to the task of properly taking care of boomers, according to some experts. There are […]
Assisted living communities that aren’t hitting the mark with customer service are part of a much larger crisis in senior housing, contributing opinion writer Ariel Arieff wrote in The New York Times’ Sunday edition on Jan. 29. Senior living providers will be familiar with the points raised by Arieff, including that affordable options are all […]
An industry veteran who helped lead the largest senior housing provider in the country is switching gears to help a regional senior living provider and operator grow dramatically. Chris Hyatt, who spent over 15 years at Emeritus Corp. before the company merged with Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) in 2014, has accepted the position of chief operating officer and partner […]
For the second year in a row, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is expected to be the health care industry’s preferred growth strategy, according to a recent survey of health care company executives and health care industry investors. There is also a strong need for an increase in capital this year, the survey from Capital […]
Senior Housing News (SHN) is proud to announce the Spring 2017 Senior Housing News Summit in Washington, D.C. on Thursday April 6th, 2017. SHN is bringing leading industry executives to provide insight and discussion on the most important trends and topics affecting owners and operators of senior housing communities.. The event will provide not only […]
The United States may not have elected the nation’s first female president, but just as Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first woman ever to be nominated by a major party for the American presidency, the senior housing sector continues to make strides to shatter its own glass ceilings. Many companies are continuing to break down […]
We made it through the colder-than-mars temperatures here in Chicago, and, as we finished all of our holiday gift wrapping, we were sure to keep our readers up to date on the latest industry happenings. We reported on one investor that paid a shocking sum for the site of a new senior housing project, and […]
Technology providers need to focus less on the hardware and more on building software into the latest cutting edge technology already out there. Instead of talking to an avatar dog, seniors can now use cutting edge tools like Amazon’s Alexa—the tech behind some of the biggest sellers this holiday season. That’s according to Laurie Orlov, […]
This year, industry news was dominated by the largest senior living operator in the nation, Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD). It’s not surprising that the industry behemoth generates a lot of reader interest, but the Brentwood, Tennessee-based provider created a lot of news this year with its ongoing efforts to find the formula for success […]
