5 Quotes That Defined Memory Care in 2024 and Signal What’s Ahead in 2025 

In 2025, memory care operators will continue to grapple with the many challenges of evolving dementia care to meet the needs of today’s senior living residents. Many opportunities remain, including demographic-driven demand entering the market as Baby Boomers begin to turn 80 along with the growing need for dementia care as cognitive needs continue to […]

Small-homes, Technology, Redevelopment: 3 Trends Take Center Stage in Memory Care Design

By: Courtney Ryan For the last few years, the senior living industry has faced high construction costs and financing hurdles, slowing the development of new projects and communities. The memory care sector has been no exception. In the past, many operators would use each new community as a new blueprint for evolution or innovation. Given […]

LSS to Expand Memory Care Program Through GUIDE Model Rollout

Nonprofit senior living provider Lutheran Senior Services (LSS) is set to expand its dementia care offerings to reach more older adults in part through its participation in the GUIDE model. A handful of senior living operators, including United Church Homes, have also announced participation in the GUIDE model, which is aimed at helping older adults […]

Lutheran Senior Services Opens New Memory Care Neighborhood Inspired by Famed Dutch Hogeweyk Model

Adapting and exporting the Dutch Hogeweyk model to the U.S. is no easy feat. But one of the largest memory care operators in the U.S. is currently forging ahead with a new concept that emulates the famous community. The operator, Lutheran Senior Services (LSS), runs the Meramec Bluffs Senior Living community in St. Louis, Missouri. […]

Memory Care Innovation Award Winner: Valerie Cooper, Vice President of Life Plan Communities, Lutheran Senior Services

The Memory Care Innovation program is designed to recognize passionate and innovative industry members who are shaping the future of cognitive care across behavioral health, home health and home care, hospice and palliative care, senior housing, and skilled nursing. To see this year’s inaugural Memory Care Innovation Award winners, visit https://innovation.memorycarebusiness.com/. To become a Memory […]

Transactions and Financings: Life Care Services Adds Community; SRI Management Enters North Carolina

Management Life Care Services to manage Florida community Life Care Services announced it has been selected as the management partner for Amavida, a resort-style senior living community in Fort Myers, Florida. According to a press release, the community was recently purchased by a private investment firm and offers independent living, assisted living and memory care […]

5 Senior Living Operators to Watch in 2024

Editor’s Note: SHN Editor Tim Regan and SHN Reporter Andrew Christman contributed to this article This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Steady recovery amid ever-changing challenges, new operating models to spur innovation, consolidation and partnerships— these are some of the traits of senior living organizations standing out in 2024. Companies are pushing through […]

Lutheran Senior Services, Diakon to Join Forces in Bid for Greater Scale

Senior living operator Lutheran Senior Services (LSS) has signed an agreement to affiliate with another nonprofit in a move that CEO Adam Marles said will help the organization better prepare for the coming two decades.  LSS recently announced its intent to affiliate with the senior living communities operated by Diakon, a Lutheran-aligned senior living operator […]

Transactions and Financings: Healthpeak, Physicians Realty Merger Approved; 5-Community Portfolio Changes Hands

Mergers Healthpeak Properties, Inc., Physicians Realty Trust approved to merge Healthpeak Properties, Inc. and Physicians Realty Trust announced on Feb. 21 that stockholders and shareholders for the respective companies have voted to approve a merger. According to a press release, the transaction is expected to close on March 1. The company will operate under the […]