Randy Bury, the CEO of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, describes himself as an optimist, and he is hopeful heading into 2021. But on the question of how quickly occupancy will bounce back in senior living, he is blunt about his doubts. “I don’t think our spigot is going to just open up again […]
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Senior living providers are working around the clock to address an increasing number of Covid-19 cases and prevent further infections — and these efforts come at a steep cost from a dollars-and-cents perspective. The industry as a whole is facing an adverse economic impact of between $40 billion and $57 billion over the next 12 […]
Heading into 2020, many senior living providers are focused on making investments to upgrade the resident experience, to stand out in a competitive landscape and appeal to future consumers. For Kim Lody, CEO of Capital Senior Living (NYSE: CSU), one potential area of change relates to resident choices. The baby boomers will bring with them […]
Since closing on their affiliation to start 2019, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Sanford Health have pursued a three-part strategy to realize the benefits of combining and achieve long-term success. Under financial pressure, the Good Samaritan Society laid off 100 people at its Sioux Falls, South Dakota national campus in 2017. Thanks to […]
As headwinds continue to batter the senior housing industry, some not-for-profit providers are looking to partnerships or mergers as a way to grow scale in order to thrive — or in some cases, simply survive. “In the last three years, a number of organizations are saying, we could go on independently … but where do […]
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, one of the largest non-profit senior living providers in the U.S., is joining forces with non-profit health system Sanford—the latest in a series of integrations between major health systems and senior care providers. Good Samaritan and Sanford signed an affiliation agreement on Tuesday. Under that agreement, the two organizations would […]
Welltower Buys Florida Senior Living Community for $79 Million Welltower (NYSE: HCN) acquired the 325-unit Aston Gardens senior living community in Parkland, Florida, for $78.62 million, or $241,908 per unit. AG Parkland Senior Housing I LLC, an affiliate of Boca Raton, Florida-based Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors, sold the retirement community to the Toledo, Ohio-based REIT. The […]
Ecumen, National Senior Campuses and Episcopal SeniorLife were among the fastest-growing nonprofit senior housing providers in 2014, according to the 2015 LeadingAge Ziegler 150. The LZ 150, now in its 12th edition, lists the largest not-for-profit systems offering aging services through senior living in the country, among other statistics. This year, the top three largest not-for-profit […]
(Bader House in San Antonio, Texas – Built by Uncommon Care with interior design by studioSIX5) Construction: Planned O’Reilly Development Plans Two Senior Living Projects for Mo. Springfield, Mo.-based O’Reilly Development Company is planning two new senior living projects: an $18.4 million development in Nixa, Mo., and a $35.8 million development in St. Charles, Mo., […]
This week, SHN readers explored a top-10 list of the largest nonprofit senior living providers and learned about Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) being named a top acquisition target by Goldman Sachs. Readers also discovered different pricing methods to convert more leads into move-ins. Here in the newsroom, we were interested in what the Wall […]