Transactions & Financings: HDG Starts Management of Two Communities; KeyBank Provides $21M for Affordable Project

Transactions Health Dimensions Group Begins Management of Communities Health Dimensions Group (HDG) announced it provided management services in addition to day-to-day operational oversight to two senior living communities in the northern Midwest. The communities – Stoney River of Marshfield, Wisconsin and Stoney River of Ramsey, Minnesota – are assisted living and memory care communities. Both […]

Movers & Shakers: WesleyLife Names COO; The Springs Creates New VP Roles

The Springs Names 2 Regional Directors to Newly Created Roles The Springs Living announced that two of its regional director – Amy Brown and Nicole Jemming – have been named to the newly created positions of VP of operational excellence and VP of operations, respectively. Brown’s new responsibilities will include forward-facing operational strategy and creating […]

Life Care Services Grows Midwest Footprint with 10 New Communities Under Management

Life Care Services is now managing 10 senior living communities owned by an affiliate of Lone Star Funds, according to an announcement made on Monday. The combined communities, located across Michigan, Ohio and Minnesota, include a total of 1,079 total apartment units. That’s broken down to include 300 independent living, 455 assisted living and 324 […]

Transactions and Financings: Pine Park Acquires Geriatric Practice, Ziegler Assists Senior Living Divestment

Transactions 3 LCS Communities Partner with HealthPRO Heritage Three Life Care Services communities are partnering with wellness and rehabilitation provider HealthPRO Heritage which will provide care and rehab to residents in the communities. The communities – Shipley Living, Foulk Living and Millcroft Living in Neward – are all Deleware-based senior living communities that came into […]

Amazon Expands Alexa Smart Properties for Senior Living to UK, Parts of Europe

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 […]

Brookdale, Life Care Services, Enlivant Top 2022 J.D. Power Senior Living Satisfaction Survey

Staffing issues and maintenance challenges continue to weigh on resident satisfaction, but overall there are signs the industry is stabilizing in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s according to the latest annual J.D. Power U.S. Senior Living Satisfaction Study, published on Wednesday. The 2022 survey is based on 2,715 responses from senior living residents […]

Future Leader: Michael Berg, Director of Operations Management, Life Care Services

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Michael Berg, director of operations management at Life Care […]

In The Pipeline: LCS Community Plans $56M Expansion, Frontier to Start on $36M community

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 LCS community marks $56M expansion Life Care Services’ Trillium Woods, a life plan community in Plymouth, Minnesota, recently announced a large expansion project representing […]

Diversified Sees Benefits of Newly Remade Portfolio Despite ‘More Measured’ Recovery

Last year, Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) transitioned more than 100 senior living communities from Five Star Senior Living to 10 other operators. That effort started to bear fruit in the first quarter of 2022, according to the company’s top executives. Occupancy for the 107 communities increased approximately 100 basis points in the first quarter […]