New York City is experiencing an influx of new senior living options, with high-profile luxury communities coming online in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Further north in the Bronx, the city will also add another option: its first life plan community. Covid-19 is not deterring RiverSpring Health’s plans to build the first life plan community in the […]
Covid-19 presents enormous challenges for senior living providers across the country, but the pandemic is hitting operators in the current epicenters of New York and New Jersey particularly hard. As of the afternoon of April 20, total Covid-19 cases in New York state were approaching 243,000, while New Jersey’s cases were above 85,300. By comparison, […]
Some aging baby boomers are rejecting the term “senior citizen,” but potential replacements like “perennial” are not yet gaining widespread traction. Other potential new terms, such as “vintage” and “golden ager,” also aren’t catching on widely, according to an article published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal. Observing that some boomers do not respond well […]
When a headline-grabbing winter storm hit the East Coast early Thursday, senior housing providers were ready. The hype leading up to Thursday’s so-called “bomb cyclone” was “crazy,” Lynne Katzmann, founder and president of Juniper Communities, told Senior Housing News. Still, leadership at the Bloomfield, New Jersey-based senior housing provider felt adequately prepared to face the […]
Sometimes it seems that when it comes to media coverage, assisted living just can’t win. Any doubters should check out this week’s headlines. In one newsflash, assisted living providers were scolded for being too restrictive of residents’ sex lives. “Older people have sex. But it seems that some assisted-living facilities may be the last ones […]
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