This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living companies have hit the ground running in 2025 revamping their leadership org charts as a new generation of leaders prepares to take the industry into its next chapter. Companies including Welltower (NYSE: WELL), United Church Homes, Distinctive Living, Pegasus Senior Living and Watermark Retirement have […]
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Distinctive Living recently named two vice presidents to help spearhead sales and marketing efforts as part of an effort to reorganize its executive team and prepare it for growth in 2025. The Freehold, New Jersey-based operator this week announced it had brought on Kristina Vance as vice president of sales and Erin Richey as vice […]
Florida-based senior living operators have prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Milton by shoring up emergency plans and evacuating residents. As of Wednesday afternoon, the hurricane was barreling toward Florida, with an expected landfall late in the evening. According to the National Weather Service, the storm will bring a “potentially catastrophic” storm surge and flooding, […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living operators are taking a more careful approach to resident rate increases in 2025 as higher revenue and lower costs push average margins higher. In 2024, many operators increased resident rental rates for private-pay senior living units at a steeper pace, with some implementing double-digit increases. […]
As life plan communities seek to best position themselves to capture future demand, many are honing growth strategies, including swapping skilled nursing for other product types, including memory care. Memory care offerings in life plan communities have grown at a slower pace in recent years compared to non-life plan communities. According to NIC Head of […]
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living operators are notching improvements in the duration of resident stays as the industry has settled into a new normal in 2024. It’s no secret that the length of stay reported across the senior living industry for some operators has decreased in the last four years, […]
Hear more insights on CapEx and other topics from industry veterans at our upcoming ReBUILD event in Chicago on November 20 and 21. Tickets are available here. As new development remains tough to work out, senior living operators are shifting growth priorities and focusing on internal repositionings, renovations, and investing in key infrastructure to capture […]
Former Sonata Senior Living CEO Shelley Esden has joined Distinctive Living, where she will now work as COO and executive vice president. In her new dual role, Esden will help expand the Distinctive Living brand while managing operational execution for the Freehold Township, New Jersey-based senior living operator. She arrives at Distinctive Living after working […]
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Editor’s note: The upcoming Senior Housing News ReBUILD conference will feature many more great insights into the development landscape. Check out the agenda and purchase tickets here. While the pulse of senior living development may have slowed in the last four years, recent plans and projects underway […]
Chelsea Senior Living is continuing to make headway on its regional third-party management growth strategy. In May, Toledo, Ohio-based Welltower (NYSE: WELL) transitioned 13 communities from Chelsea to Distinctive Living. With a leaner portfolio of 13 communities under management following the transition, Chelsea is ready to take on new communities to its roster, having added […]