This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living operators are evolving their leadership development programs and training to prepare the next generation of senior living executive directors. The vital role of the executive director is becoming even more vital in 2026 and today’s community leaders must bring soft skills in hospitality, oversee care […]
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This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Executive directors are vitally important for senior living operators. The industry asks a lot of them, but I think there’s more support that operators can offer. From overseeing care coordination and delivering on lifestyle engagement that is increasingly focused on hospitality to keeping the number of incoming […]
More than ever, senior living providers are taking steps to address brain health and rising resident acuity in memory care operations. Memory care is evolving to serve residents with greater clinical acuity and early onset of cognitive change in younger, older adults. Providers – who have historically shaped operations around the needs of residents living […]
HarborChase Retirement Associates (HRA) recently overhauled its memory care culinary program to support cognitive health and use evidence-based principles that keep residents well. The program is currently in a pilot phase, with future plans to rollout the program across all HRA memory care communities to improve the wellbeing of residents living with dementia, with the […]
Senior living providers are adapting to evolving operating conditions in memory care while adding more programming, lifestyle and engagement services to help residents thrive. Memory care residents have growing needs and the operators that serve them say those needs are growing ever-more acute in the years to come. Memory care operators are using evidence-based, research-supported […]
Senior living operators are equipping staff with new tactics and tools to serve tomorrow’s memory care residents in a more personalized and skilled way in 2026. An estimated 7.2 million people 65 and older were living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2025, and that figure is expected to increase to nearly 14 million by 2060, according […]
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Memory care operators are revamping dining for their residents, pivoting away from a clinical approach and toward restaurant-style experiences. In the past, memory care dining was less resident-centered with fewer choices. Today, a growing number of operators have changed to provide a more restaurant-quality experience including new menus and service tactics geared toward wellness and […]
In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned Cedarhurst announces first Iowa community Cedarhurst Senior Living recently announced its first Iowa community, introducing […]
Memory care operators are moving from simply providing “good caregiving” to creating a data-rich environment that allows for early detection and on-the-fly care-plan changes that improve their residents’ quality of life. The pace of clinical innovation in memory care is quickening as new dementia drugs and blood-based diagnostics come to market, and while families grow […]
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