This story is part of your SHN+ subscription The relationship between senior living providers and their capital partners, often real estate investment trusts, private equity or high-net worth investors, is dramatically changing. Pairing with a larger company or REIT can unlock new growth opportunities and resources that operators would not otherwise have on their own. […]
Senior living operators once pinned their hopes on an influx of workers via new immigration to help meet a surge of demand in the years ahead. In 2025, those hopes seem all but dashed. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a hard line to new immigration, with aspirations to further ramp up […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription There is plenty of demand ahead for senior living operators in 2025 and beyond, but that doesn’t mean companies are rushing to expand just for growth’s sake. Even as demand swells and average senior living occupancy rises, operators must slow down and take a more thoughtful approach […]
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription The era of double-digit resident rate increases is coming to an end, and senior living operators will have to get more creative to find additional sources of revenue. My view is bolstered by recent data from online senior living monitoring platform LivingPath showing how senior living rental […]
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 […]
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, […]
