Nonprofit senior living provider HumanGood credits better employee engagement with driving down nursing turnover 36% and dining staff turnover by 48% between 2014 and 2016. The Pleasanton, California-based provider worked with employee engagement firm Brand Integrity to achieve these results. Now, Brand Integrity—which has a Read More »
Transactions & Financings: Blue Moon’s JV, PMRG to Merge with Madison Marquette
PMRG in Talks to Merge with Madison Marquette Texas-based PMRG, a privately held commercial real estate firm specializing in property management, project leasing investment management and development services, and Washington, D.C.-based Madison Marquette, a privately held commercial real estate investment and operating company, are in Read More »
Movers & Shakers: Legend Senior Living CEO Named Argentum Board Chairman
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HumanGood CEO Envisions Innovation at Every Price Point
HumanGood has gained industry attention for its plans to reinvent the continuing care retirement community (CCRC), but the large nonprofit provider has even grander ambitions when it comes to senior living innovation. This year, it plans to hire an executive to focus on its wide-ranging Read More »
Senior Living Tries to Capture Magic of Brands Like Virgin
In rebranding, a number of senior living organizations are beginning to employ a strategy used by iconic brands like Virgin. Specifically, it’s very on-trend for companies, no matter their industry, to choose a new name that’s aspirational as opposed to descriptive, Geoff Cook, partner at international strategy, Read More »
How Active Adult Housing is Becoming Independent Living ‘Light’
If retirement begins at 55, independent living is three decades late. While independent living (IL) is loosely considered the start of the senior living care continuum, experts agree that most people are not entering IL until their 70s at the earliest, according to a new Read More »
Movers & Shakers: Lancaster Pollard, Lifespace Communities
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Senior Housing Penetration Predicted to Rise to 12.5% in 2025
Senior housing penetration rates are bound to increase over the next dozen years and there are ways providers can help speed up the process, according to experts. The current senior housing penetration rate stands at 11.7%, according to a newly released report from Newport Beach, California-based Read More »
Out-of-the-Box Ways Senior Housing Can Compete With Aging at Home
The strong desire of many older adults to age in their own homes continues to threaten the senior housing industry. To begin to attract more of these seniors, the industry will have to become more innovative, according to Dan Hutson, chief strategy officer at HumanGood, a Pleasanton, California-based Read More »
Must-Read News: Senior Care Innovation Center Announces Grand Opening
Happy Monday, Senior Housing News readers! Hopefully your weekend was a great one. The Thrive Innovation Center, a “thematic experience center” where consumers can try out innovative technology for aging seniors, is set to officially open in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 19. The Thrive Center was Read More »