Senior Living Operators Stick With Tried-and-True Social Media Strategies Despite Shifting Landscape

Senior living operators are holding steady with social media strategies in 2025 despite shifting trends for how people share information online. In 2025, social media companies such as Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and Threads, and TikTok developer ByteDance are under scrutiny from lawmakers and the public. TikTok is subject to a potential ban […]

Sonida, Beztak, Priority Life Care Pivot to Local Marketing, Shifting Relationships With Referral Partners

Hear more insights regarding sales and marketing at the Senior Housing News Sales & Marketing Conference in Bonita Springs, Florida, on Feb. 18 and 19. Buy tickets here. Senior living operators are shifting their internal marketing strategies this year in an effort to generate more organic leads – and in some cases, they are changing their […]

9 Quotes That Defined Senior Living in 2024 and Suggest What 2025 Holds

With positive momentum on occupancy and margin in 2024, the senior living industry is poised to capitalize on incoming demand — but many challenges remain. These challenges include still-tough development conditions as the supply and demand gap widened this year, which led to investors and developers in the space mostly shying away from rapid new […]

Stellar Senior Living Launches $25M Equity, JV Investment Effort 

Stellar Senior Living is launching a $25 million equity and new joint venture investment structure to help spur future growth in new ways, according to Stellar Co-Founder Adam Benton. The company is seeking to garner the $25 million from a variety of sources, including individual investors and friends and family offices. The equity raise is […]

Inside the Biggest Challenges, Opportunities of Making Assisted Living More Affordable 

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Affordability in senior living remains a key challenge for senior living operators, and for those who navigate the affordable housing and middle-market space, doing so requires a lean and efficient operating playbook. The affordable space within senior living includes a range of models, from Medicaid waivers for […]

‘Consumer has Changed’: Senior Living Operators Adjust CapEx Strategies for a New Generation

Hear more insights on CapEx and other topics from industry veterans at our upcoming ReBUILD event in Chicago on November 20 and 21. Tickets are available here. As new development remains tough to work out, senior living operators are shifting growth priorities and focusing on internal repositionings, renovations, and investing in key infrastructure to capture […]

The Hot Seat: Sevy Petras, Co-Founder and CEO of Priority Life Care

Sevy Petras is Co-Founder and CEO of Priority Life Care, which operates 64 senior living communities nationwide. With over 20 years of experience in senior living and finance, Petras is a well-known industry figure today. In this Hot Seat interview, Petras shares her favorite weekend activity, her most important people management principle and her greatest […]