Many senior living companies are subsisting on renovation and repositioning as new development remains slow. As they undertake new projects, they are putting a lot of thought into what will get the most bang for their buck. With projects usually totaling millions of dollars, operators must get return on their investment in some fashion, be […]
In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned New community announced in Georgia Paradigm Senior Living recently announced The Timberley, a new senior […]
A new crop of leaders is at the helm at a handful of senior living nonprofits. Now, they are collectively plotting their organizations’ next steps with an eye for what the incoming generation of residents will want. Some of the nonprofit senior living sector’s newest leaders include Erin Shadbolt, who ascended to the CEO role […]
Eskaton is engaged in a transformation from its roots as a higher-acuity operator to one focused more on lifestyle, wellness and person-centered philosophies. Central to those efforts is a newly revamped staffing model. That’s according to CEO Sheri Peifer, who the Carmichael, California-based organization promoted from president in late 2023. Since then, Peifer and the […]
Rising resident acuity is impacting senior living margins, and in response operators are getting creative to make bottom line improvements even as challenges remain. In recent years, especially with the pandemic, operators have said residents are arriving in senior living communities with more care needs than in the past. That phenomenon is shaping the future […]
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Top leaders of senior living organizations are busy preparing for the future – sometimes as far out as the next half-century. Senior Housing News has spoken with quite a few top leaders of senior living operators across the country in the past month – at the recent […]
Sheri Peifer has been busy since becoming CEO of non-profit senior living operator Eskaton in September. Peifer and her executive team are embarking on making “very important changes and transformation” to set the company up to succeed for not just the next decade, but “the next 50 years,” she told Senior Housing News. In her […]
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription It’s a common refrain in senior living: Today’s independent living is yesterday’s assisted living; and today’s assisted living is yesterday’s skilled nursing. Although that is obviously an oversimplification of the senior living care continuum, the current acuity level of residents is driving major strategic decisions at big […]
Transactions Eskaton Exits Skilled Nursing, Narrows Focus to Senior Services and Residential Living Eskaton announced its exit from the standalone skilled nursing sector with the sale of three skilled nursing communities that are not part of a larger residential living community in a deal valid north of $35 million, according to the Sacramento Business Journal. […]
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is expanding its enterprise Alexa Smart Properties for Senior Living service to operators in the U.K. and parts of Europe. With the Nov. 23 announcement, the Seattle-based online services and retail giant is giving care providers and assisted living facilities in the U.K., France, Italy and Germany the ability to better manage […]
