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 »
Argentum Unveils New Senior Living Workforce Initiative
A new senior housing workforce initiative—”Senior Living Works”—was introduced on Tuesday at the 2018 Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference in San Diego. Among other resources for senior housing professionals, the Senior Living Works website includes a workforce engagement toolkit, relevant news and articles, and career-focused videos. The Read More »
Breaking Down Today’s Senior Living Workforce By the Numbers
It’s well known that staffing—and all that it involves—has kept many senior living executives up at night, and now, a new report from senior living industry organization Argentum has quantified the labor crisis facing the sector. For the report, Argentum analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census’ Read More »
Senior Living Providers Fret Over Potential Opioid Laws, Regulations
Seniors—and senior living providers—have not been immune to the U.S. opioid crisis. As state and federal policymakers are taking steps to combat opioid addiction and overdoses, assisted living providers are concerned about maintaining appropriate access to these painkillers for residents and trying to answer tricky Read More »
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