10 Most-Read Senior Housing News Stories of 2022

While many senior living providers continued the long march towards a pandemic recovery, the industry saw operators innovate with new development, and familiar players in the space face new challenges in 2022. Tackling the “quiet quitting” labor issue and reports of a Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) sale led to the most-read top stories on […]

Lifespark ‘Holy Grail Deal,’ SCAN Build on Medicare Advantage Momentum in Senior Living

Medicare Advantage (MA) will turn 25 years old in 2022, and the insurance program is not only getting older but more popular among older adults — with senior living providers playing an increasingly prominent role in driving MA growth and innovation. Recent headlines showcase the continuing integration between senior living and Medicare Advantage. Last week, […]

Value-Based Care Innovator Lifesprk to Acquire Tealwood Senior Living; Bill Thomas to Lead Creation of Operational Model

Lifesprk — a company that specializes in providing value-based care largely through home- and community-based services — is acquiring Tealwood Senior Living. The transaction could prove to be a milestone for how senior living providers are integrated into population health efforts, with Green House and Eden Alternative visionary Dr. Bill Thomas leading the efforts to […]

New Rules of the Game: Pandemic Creates Clarity, Creativity Around Middle-Market Senior Living

Covid-19’s disruption puts further pressure on the senior living and care industry to address the need for middle-market communities. But the pandemic has also wiped the slate clean, providing an opportunity to start anew and not think in currently defined terms, Torey Riso, former president and CEO of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, said Thursday […]

Welltower Credits ‘Painful’ Restructuring for Strong Senior Housing Performance

Welltower (NYSE: WELL) posted solid senior housing gains in the third quarter of 2019, thanks in part to the last few years spent unwinding certain “one-sided” relationships while forging new ones under more well-aligned RIDEA structures. That’s according to CEO and Chairman Thomas DeRosa, who on a Tuesday earnings call with investors and analysts laid […]

Welltower, CareMore Initiative Drives Senior Living Integration with Medicare Advantage

In a move that will further integrate senior housing within the Medicare Advantage landscape, real estate investment trust Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has formed a partnership with Anthem (NYSE: ANTM) affiliate CareMore. The partnership aligns with Welltower’s ongoing push to move senior housing and care into a more central role within the overall U.S. health care […]