Of all the challenges senior living providers face during Covid-19, maintaining frontline staffing levels is one of the hardest and most expensive to address. The issue has many facets. The first is that, in looking after an at-risk population of older adults, senior living caregivers are also at an elevated risk for contracting Covid-19. In […]
Several senior housing and care organizations are butting heads over the right to potentially shape new U.S. senior living standards, most recently at a hearing held Tuesday. At the core of the discussion is an effort from Argentum to help create new senior living standards with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), a national organization […]
Her recent induction into the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) Hall of Fame gave Juniper Communities CEO Lynne Katzmann reason to reflect on her past, but it didn’t take long for her to re-focus on the future. “It’s going to be a big year for change,” she told Senior Housing News, just a few hours […]
Assisted living communities that foster a sense of camaraderie are viewed by residents as offering a greater quality of life. High marks on camaraderie also correspond to how likely a resident would be to make the same decision to move in, if given the opportunity again. That’s the main finding of People, Place, Programming: Quality […]
Assisted living communities are taking in an increasing number of dementia residents, but memory care services might not always be keeping these older adults safe and secure. That’s according to a Dec. 13 New York Times article produced in collaboration with Kaiser Health News. The article –“Dementia Patients Fuel Assisted Living’s Growth. Safety May Be Lagging” […]
The assisted living industry is changing from a hospitality-based model to one incorporating more health care options to allow seniors to age in place. The shift in operational strategy comes as more seniors indicated they prefer assisted living to moving in with family members. The anticipated “silver wave” of baby boomers aging into assisted living […]
If retirement begins at 55, independent living is three decades late. While independent living (IL) is loosely considered the start of the senior living care continuum, experts agree that most people are not entering IL until their 70s at the earliest, according to a new report from Senior Housing News. One study pushes that figure […]
To date, no studies have been conducted to determine the impact that living in a life plan community has on seniors’ long-term health and wellness. For that reason, the research service arm of Evanston, Illinois-based senior housing provider Mather LifeWays is partnering with a Big Ten university to analyze that very subject. Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging […]
Sunrise Senior Living has been testing predictive analytics to make smarter hiring decisions, greatly improving retention among participating new workers. The McLean, Virginia-based operator now plans to roll out the system on a larger scale next year. Sunrise is the fourth-largest senior housing provider in the nation, with 27,125 units, according to a recent ranking […]
Join the American Seniors Housing Association for a webinar that shows you how to incorporate the Where You Live Matters consumer education initiative into your organization’s sales and marketing program. Our webinar tells you all the ways you can use our website and social media platforms to enlighten consumers and reinforce sales messaging. Case studies […]