Most Popular News of the Week: Erickson Eyes CCRC Market with $1B Investment

In case you missed them, here are the top headlines grabbing SHN readers’ attentions this week: Erickson to Invest $1 Billion in Clustered CCRC Developments — Erickson Living’s $1 billion investment in continuing care retirement community (CCRC) development and expansion signals a robust future for the CCRC market, which has had sluggish development compared to its pre-Recession […]

Newcomers Fight to Disrupt Senior Living Leads Landscape

New competition is crowding into the senior living and care referral space, but whether they’ll be able to conquer the existing industry giants—or even get a corner of the market share—is in most cases to be determined. There’s no denying that A Place for Mom has a firm grasp on “lead generator giant” in the […]

Referral Service Aims to be the eHarmony of Senior Care

A Texas-based senior care referral company that recently completed a business accelerator program after a soft launch in April is describing itself as a mix between Expedia, Yelp, and eHarmony. Cariloop is a relative newcomer to senior care referral scene dominated by major players including A Place for Mom and SeniorLiving.net, but it’s gearing up […]