Nearly two-thirds of adults age 50 and older consider active adult communities an attractive option in downsizing as they age. That is according to a new AARP report, released Tuesday. The report was based on responses from more than 3,000 adults 18 and older, and it was conducted over the last three years. The report’s […]
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Minnesota, Washington and Washington, D.C. are the top-three states for long-term services and supports, according to a newly released report from AARP. Released every three years, the “2023 LTSS State Scorecard” measures the quality of long-term services and supports in every U.S. state and the District of Columbia.States are judged by performance in five categories: […]
Financings Ziegler Closes $47M Financing Ziegler announced the successful closing of a $47 million financing Saint Therese of Corcoran, a Catholic senior living organization that will be used for the construction of a new community. The community will be built in Corcoran, Minnesota and will include 99 IL, 34 AL and 20 memory care units […]
Architects and designers are pushing the envelope of senior living design in an effort to meet the preferences of the incoming baby boomer generation. Though the bulk of the cohort is still years away from reaching average senior living age, companies are preparing now by reimagining the basic senior living community design with efficiency, resident […]
As the long-term care industry continues to wrestle with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, another storm is brewing over whether to grant providers immunity from liability lawsuits stemming from the outbreak. Industry groups and some legal experts in favor of immunity argue that the unprecedented nature of the pandemic has placed undue strains on […]
Margaret Wylde is highly regarded in the senior living industry for her research and the market intelligence provided by her firm ProMatura — in fact, she was recently inducted into the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) Hall of Fame for her accomplishments. Now, as Oxford, Mississippi-based ProMatura continues to help developers with their projects, she […]
The cost of long-term services and supports is high, and senior living is still not attainable for most older adults or their families. The most recent example of the high cost of care is courtesy of a new report from the AARP Public Policy Institute. The 24th annual report, titled “Across the States 2018: Profiles of […]
On Wednesday, AARP announced its collaboration with three startups that are focused on various aspects of caregiving for seniors. These partnerships are part of a larger strategy for AARP, where the Enterprise Innovation division is under a new leader and has expanded its strategic focus to include product development through in-house “startups.” After conceiving of […]
Happy Monday, Senior Housing News readers! Here are some recent must-read stories to start your week: Life Care Services hopes to capture some of Walt Disney World’s magic when it opens an $82 million, 239-unit community in nearby Celebration, Florida. Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is now reportedly in acquisition talks with a Chinese firm […]
Washington is the No. 1 state in the nation for long-term services and supports (LTSS), while Indiana lies at the bottom of the list. That’s according to a new “State Scorecard” report from AARP, the SCAN Foundation and Commonwealth Fund, which examined the factors that determine long-term care for seniors and people with disabilities. AARP released […]
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