National Senior Communities, Good Samaritan Society Again Top List of Largest Senior Living Nonprofits

National Senior Communities and the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society are still the two largest senior living nonprofits in the country, according to the latest LeadingAge-Ziegler 200 report The annual report, released Thursday, categorizes the largest nonprofit senior living operators by total unit count. Overall, the top-10 largest operators made up just under a third […]

‘Here to Give Purpose’: Operators Embrace Unique Memory Care Models to Boost Engagement

To keep up with the changing resident profile of the incoming baby boomer generation, senior living companies are hitting the refresh button on memory care programming . Operators are taking stale concepts and remixing or innovating on them to offer more meaningful programming and amenities to residents in the quest to realize a big wave […]

Nonprofits Must Adapt Faster to Senior Living Disruption

Senior living nonprofits must learn to cope with industry disruption soon — or communities could become places that people would prefer to avoid. “If we’re not able to move forward, we risk becoming sort of like the outhouse: functional, workable, but not your first choice,” said Steve Jeffrey, chief strategy and innovation officer for Garden […]

Acts Retirement Mourns Loss of CEO J. Mark Vanderbeck

J. Mark Vanderbeck, CEO of Acts Retirement-Life Communities, died unexpectedly Wednesday, the company announced. Vanderbeck had been CEO since August 2014, but was involved in the organization for nearly 20 years. He was executive vice president of operations for nine years and, prior to that, vice president of operations-northern division. West Point, Pennsylvania-based Acts Retirement is […]