Most-Read Senior Housing News Stories of 2019

Alexis Ohanian’s predictions about senior living disruption caught the attention of Senior Housing News’ readership last year. The Reddit co-founder’s interest in developing tech solutions for seniors was our top-read story of 2019, ending a two-year stranglehold on the top spot by Jimmy Buffett’s Latitude Margaritaville expansion. In fact, the intersection of innovation and senior […]

Silverado, Other Providers Roll Out New Program to Address Costly Issue of Worker Injuries

Staff injuries sustained while transferring residents* have always been a top concern for senior living providers, and the issue has become more severe and costly in recent years — with memory care facing some of the toughest challenges.  With this in mind, Irvine, California-based memory care pioneer Silverado is among the first group of providers […]

3 Business Benefits of Closer Senior Living, Hospice Alignment

For nearly a decade, American seniors have steadily grown more comfortable with hospice. Nowhere has that growth manifested itself more than in assisted living. Yet for a variety of reasons — including the lingering taboo around hospice and the administrative burdens that come with Medicare — hospice remains largely an assisted living outsider, according to […]

Silverado CEO Shook: We Will Control Our Own Destiny Going Forward

Silverado kicked off August with a party. The occasion was the grand opening of Silverado’s latest memory care community, in the northern Milwaukee suburb of Glendale. But, viewed in a certain light, the event could be seen as more significant: the start of a new chapter for the 23-year-old company. At the beginning of July, […]

Hard-Hit Memory Care Sector Faces Slow Road to Recovery

After a few brutal years for standalone memory care, supply pressures are easing and occupancy is ticking up. But a rebound will be gradual, as hard-hit companies in the space try to reset, and owners and operators glean lessons from this recent period of distress. Construction of freestanding memory care communities peaked in the fourth […]

Silverado Sells Its Home Care Business in California

Irvine, California-based memory care provider Silverado has reached an agreement to sell almost the entirety of its home care business, Silverado At Home. The transaction will be effective on or about July 8, according to a statement Silverado shared Friday with Senior Housing News. San Francisco-based Home Care Assistance (HCA) is acquiring the business. HCA […]

Welltower To Transition 20 Silverado Properties to Frontier Management

Real estate investment trust Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has tapped Frontier Management to take over operations of 20 memory care properties currently operated by Silverado. The transition will take place over the next few weeks, and Frontier’s signage should be on the buildings by June 30, according to an internal Silverado memorandum obtained by Senior Housing […]

New Medicare Advantage Changes Expand Senior Living Opportunities

Recently announced Medicare Advantage policy changes could open up new opportunities for senior living providers, further accelerating the transformation of the industry’s dominant private-pay revenue model. “Senior living providers are crazy if they don’t start thinking about housing/health care integrated products,” Anne Tumlinson, founder and CEO of Anne Tumlinson Innovations, told Senior Housing News, in […]