For the second year in a row, Jimmy Buffett reigns supreme. The most-read article on Senior Housing News in 2018 was a news story about plans for a third Margaritaville active adult community. Last year, the most-read article was about plans for the first Margaritaville development. The sustained interest in these projects suggests that senior […]
Chick-fil-A
Senior living providers need to reject top-down management approaches and be bolder in how they appeal to prospective workers to overcome increasingly steep recruitment and retention challenges. This was a key message shared by industry executives Thursday at the 2018 Senior Housing News Summit in Los Angeles. The panelists described a worsening staffing crunch, due […]
With unemployment hovering around 4% nationally, senior living providers are getting creative as competition for workers heats up, experimenting with new ways of supporting employees and attracting applicants. For example, St. Louis-based Provision Living has hired life coaches to be available in its buildings, to help staff “break through different obstacles in their life,” Provision […]
For years, the senior housing industry has looked up to Chick-fil-A for a variety of reasons—from its discounting approach to its ability to attract and keep frontline staff. One senior living CEO—Richard Brewer of Commonwealth Senior Living—even encouraged his son to get a job at Chick-fil-A, to learn more about the company’s secret sauce. While this gave […]
Happy Monday! This past week was a busy one for the senior housing industry. Catch up on our most-read news before this week’s news starts piling up: Holiday Retirement announced it is moving its headquarters from Lake Oswego, Oregon, to Winter Park, Florida—and impacting about 200 jobs in the process. A Georgia-based senior living provider’s […]
This week, Senior Housing News readers learned why Trilogy Health Services strives to emulate Chick-fil-A and the reasoning behind certain Minnesota cities’ ban on “granny pods.” Readers also learned some lessons from a Senior Lifestyle Corp. vice president who started at the company as an intern. Here in the newsroom, we were pleased to discover […]
Subscribe
Receive industry updates and breaking news from SHN