How Senior Living Operators Can Grow Revenue As Rent Increases Normalize

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription The era of double-digit resident rate increases is coming to an end, and senior living operators will have to get more creative to find additional sources of revenue. My view is bolstered by recent data from online senior living monitoring platform LivingPath showing how senior living rental […]

Rent Growth Slows in 2025, Reflecting ‘Inflation Fatigue’ Among Senior Living Residents

After hitting new peaks in the first quarters of 2023 and 2024, senior living rent growth is decelerating in 2025 as residents tire of cost inflation, according to a new analysis. The analysis from LivingPath, an online platform that collects and provides data on senior housing communities, is based on information from nearly 300,000 senior […]

Senior Living Resident Rates Still On the Rise, But at a Slower Pace

Senior living operators continue to push rental rate increases, but a new data release shows the pace of those increases is decelerating.  In an analysis of aggregated pricing data from 1,700 communities, LivingPath, an online platform that collects and provides data on senior housing communities, found that rates are rising 20% to 30% less quickly […]

Wages for Key Assisted Living Clinical Workers Rose 5% to 6% in 2023

Wages for many key health care workers in assisted living increased between 5% and 6% on average last year. That’s according to the latest edition of the Assisted Living Salary & Benefits Report from Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS), which is produced in collaboration with LeadingAge and the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL). […]

Senior Living Staff Vacancy, Wage Levels Show ‘Mixed Bag,’ With More Challenges Ahead

With the senior living industry aiming for wider margins and lower expenses this year, providers across the country are getting creative on all aspects of labor as staffing remains critical albeit tough. New data from LivingPath, an online platform that provides pricing and other data for senior housing communities, shows that senior living vacancies have […]

List of Priciest U.S. Senior Living Communities Shows Luxury Niche Deepens as Market Matures

Over the last few years, the senior living industry has focused on meeting the middle market, and for good reason. But at the other end of the spectrum lies another evolving market niche: luxurious communities with services and prices geared toward the affluent. For residents, these communities come with cream-of-the-crop services — and monthly rates […]