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 Read More »
Argentum’s New Leadership Initiative to Bring More Women to the C-Suite
Argentum, the Alexandria, Virginia-based national association of senior living providers, announced it is launching a new initiative aimed at celebrating the contributions women have made to the growth and health of the senior living industry, and to bring more women into the fold. The initiative Read More »
New Data Analysis Shows Employee Retention Boosts Senior Housing Occupancy
Improving employee retention can bolster a senior housing community’s bottom line by reducing expenses, but it can also help drive up occupancy, according to a new white paper from industry association Argentum and consultancy Great Place to Work. For the white paper, researchers considered a Read More »
What Senior Housing Providers Can Learn from Military Recruitment, Training
The senior housing industry is on the brink of a major labor shortage—and the anxieties that this news has caused in industry executives are well-documented. Not all hope is lost, however. As it turns out, the senior housing industry may have a great deal to Read More »
To Attract Boomers, Senior Living Providers Should Think More Like Retailers
As baby boomers and their adult children begin to make senior living purchasing decisions in the coming years, those designing and developing the communities will need to prepare for a new consumer. And with the new consumer comes a new approach for providers: They should Read More »
Making the Most of Community Events for Prospective Senior Living Residents
A number of senior living community operators host events in their greater communities in the hopes of raising awareness among prospective residents—but in many cases, these events can, and should, be conducted differently. Specifically, some operators are not correctly employing the use of demographic data and Read More »
J.D. Power to Take Yelp-Style Approach With New Senior Living Certification Program
J.D. Power, best known for its consumer car ratings and research, has been making even more senior housing plans since it published its first-ever “Senior Living Satisfaction Study” in February. Soon, the global marketing information services company plans to roll out a senior living community Read More »
Female Senior Living Execs Talk Work-Life Balance, ‘Doing It All’
Currently, almost 70% of the employees in senior living management roles are women—and they shouldn’t always have to sacrifice quality time with their families for their jobs. That’s according to four female senior living leaders who spoke on a Tuesday panel about women in leadership Read More »
Argentum Launches Effort to Boost Senior Living Quality
Senior living industry association Argentum has launched a multi-year initiative aimed at helping providers improve the quality of care they offer in their communities. The new initiative, dubbed “Senior Living IQ,” includes an informational website where senior living workers can glean industry-wide best practices and procedures. The Read More »
Amazon Makes Senior Housing Inroads, Sees Room to Grow
Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) is hoping to make a splash in the senior housing procurement world—and it’s teasing that there’s more to come, as far as its role in the senior housing space is concerned. The Seattle-based e-commerce and cloud computing giant had a palpable presence Read More »
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