In case you missed them, here are the top headlines catching Senior Housing News readers’ attention this week: Where Walmart Meets Health Care, Senior Living Must Find Its Place — The vision of a blended retail-senior care setting might seem farfetched, but providers themselves acknowledge the need for such outside-the-box thinking and partnerships. About 60% of respondents […]
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Construction: Planned Senior Lifestyle Corp. to Break Ground on New Fla. Community Chicago-based Senior Lifestyle Corporation announced last week it will break ground this spring on its newest community, The Sheridan at Cooper City, a 111-unit assisted living and memory care facility in Cooper City, Fla. The Sheridan at Cooper City will feature 72 assisted […]
As senior living organizations nationwide look to reinvent the traditional “nursing home” model, those in two states will have very different opportunities to do so in the coming years. On one hand, a proposed bill in Indiana is seeking to ban construction of new nursing homes for three years, which industry participants say will stifle […]
The Senior Housing News team wishes our readers a happy Presidents Day! In observance of the holiday, we will be suspending our daily email on Monday, Feb. 16. We will resume our normal schedule on Tuesday, Feb. 17. And in case you missed them … here are the top headlines that grabbed Senior Housing News readers’ attention this […]
Wellness and technology. Those two elements are buzzwords in the post-acute care space, and one skilled nursing facility is putting a whole new twist on what it means to achieve those goals in a high-end setting. Wellbrooke of South Bend, The Center for Health and Wellness, features high-end amenities. The community opened its doors in August 2014. Wellbrooke […]
CCRC Foundation Appoints New Director Capitol Lakes Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of residents at Wisconsin-based continuing care retirement community (CCRC) Capitol Lakes, has hired Elaine Friedman Glowacki as its new director. Glowacki has served 18 years in nonprofit management focusing on customer satisfaction, fundraising, marketing and communications. She was a fundraising and […]
Construction Planned: Trinity Courtyard Independent Living Announces Texas Facility Expansion Trinity Courtyard and Wind River Management announced this week the planned addition of an assisted living and memory care facility at the Trinity Courtyard Independent Living community in Fort Worth, Texas. The expansion, which is set to break ground this fall, will occur minutes from […]
Nonprofit Lender IFF Hires New Executive Director IFF — a real estate consultant and developer that works closely with senior housing, among other sectors — has hired David Desai-Ramirez as executive director of the Missouri, metro Kansas City and southern Illinois region. From the St. Louis office, Desai-Ramirez will grow the real estate consulting business by cultivating relationships […]
Concerned that the building boom of new skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Indiana is costing the state millions, lawmakers and some nursing home industry advocates are once again pushing for a moratorium on new construction for these properties in 2015, reports Indianapolis Business Journal. However, some SNF developers and others in the construction industry strongly […]
The year in review for the senior housing mergers and acquisition market could be characterized by several traits, primarily the insatiable appetite among investors nurtured by billion-dollar blockbuster transactions. Both publicly- and non-traded REITs, private equity firms, as well as other operators were the players, acquiring senior housing and health care real estate and an […]