This article is available as part of your SHN+ membership Silos in care are not breaking down fast enough across the continuum. This was nearly the unanimous sentiment among the attendees at our CONTINUUM conference last week. When we polled the audience, 85% of respondents said that silos are not breaking down quickly enough, and […]
By Jesse Floyd Memory care providers are shifting to a managed care model, seeking to forestall expensive medical crises in favor of working to keep residents as healthy as possible for longer. Residents living with dementia go to the emergency room more than 1.4 million times per year, but such visits are potentially confusing or […]
In 2023, value-based care reached a “tipping point,” with big senior living players including Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) embracing the trend. Looking ahead to 2024, the industry is preparing to move the needle even further and integrate value-based care into their operations as a way to increase the quality of care and more appropriately […]
Dr. Bill Thomas is a man who wears many hats — and in 2023, he has a dual aim of changing senior living community design through modular construction and raising the bar on wellness for older adults. On the real estate side of things, Thomas’ Kallimos Communities — a multigenerational living concept he launched with […]
Juniper Communities has set a goal to increase care revenue by three percentage points on a company-wide basis in 2023. Welltower (NYSE: WELL) worked with one of its operators to drive a 74% increase in care revenues between Q4 2021 and Q4 2022. As these examples demonstrate, companies are getting creative in finding new ways […]
Senior living providers are more focused than ever on providing high-quality health care — and finding ways to be compensated for doing so. This is driving investment in clinical capabilities and pushing the industry to a tipping point on value-based care. These are among my takeaways from the recent American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) meeting […]
Each passing year brings closer the huge demand wave for senior living. And as 2023 begins, providers are more focused than ever on the next generation of consumers — but also are struggling to find ways to evolve the product as needed. The struggle is due to economic turmoil and uncertainty, with tight labor markets, […]
After a difficult 2020 and 2021, the senior living industry seemed to hit its stride in 2022. With occupancy on the rise and a demand wave on the horizon in the form of the baby boomers, 2023 is shaping up to be a crucial year for growth and evolution. That said, the industry has many […]
Senior living companies — and other providers serving older adults — must raise their games to succeed within a new health care paradigm, as payers and consumers demand a more integrated continuum. “We all have to compete, and we all have to play harder,” Dwight Brown, CEO of Homebase Medical, said last week at Aging […]
Lifespark is acquiring in-home health company Livio Health in a move that will both link it to insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and further its value-based care strategy. With the deal, St. Louis Park, Minnesota-based Lifespark is gaining Livio as a new home health company as well as 1,500 patients and a […]
