In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (10/24/12)

Construction: Planned Tenn. Life Care Services Community Plans $9 Million Expansion The Heritage at Brentwood, a Life Care Services community in Tennessee, is planning a $9 million expansion of Somerfield Health Center to accommodate the needs of the community’s growing population and enhance the continuum of care available to residents of the independent senior living community […]

CCRC of the Future Must Become a Destination for Independent Seniors

The next decade or two of continuing care retirement community (CCRC) consumers won’t seek dramatic changes in their senior living preferences, says a white paper published by Life Care Services, but the decision to move to one will depend on a few fundamental components, perhaps chief of which is the ability to maintain independence. “Independence […]

By the Numbers: Considering Today’s Decision-Makers as Tomorrow’s Senior Living Residents

The senior living residents of tomorrow will look very different from those of today, and there’s a lot of data surrounding future residents—especially the adult children of current residents—that can help shape the services communities offer and the way those amenities are marketed. Several speakers at Life Care Services’ Senior Living Summit, held last week […]

Senior Living Update: Key Components of the Roadmap to the Future

The future of the senior living business has several key components, and some of the most important include engaging with residents and their evolving demands, and managing their healthcare outcomes, said a top Life Care Services executive during his company’s summit meeting held this week in Indianapolis, Ind. These components can serve as a GPS […]

Life Care Services to Manage Two Wisc. CCRCs, Acquires One

Life Care Services recently announced that it will provide management services to two Milwaukee, Wisc.-area continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and will acquire one of them.  The senior living operator will take on management of Newcastle Place in Mequon, Wisc. and Eastcastle Place in Milwaukee, Wisc. beginning around the first of October. LCS and The […]

Four-Year Forecast for CCRCs: Cloudy With a Chance of Financial Distress

A few high-profile bankruptcies by continuing care retirement communities have made waves in the senior housing industry, and there’s more drama to come—for at least four more years, says a New York-based owner-developer of CCRCs who specializes in acquiring distressed assets. During Senior Housing News’ inaugural Senior Housing Summit, held last Thursday in Chicago, Ill., […]

Who Made ALFA’s 2012 Largest Senior Living Providers List?

Senior Living Executive, the Assisted Living Federation of America’s magazine, has just released its annual list of the nation’s Top 80 Largest Providers, topped this year by Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD). The list ranks for-profit senior living operators by total resident capacity as of the first of the year, as reported by each company. “REITs […]