Most Shared: Sunrise Growth Plans, Apple’s New EHR

Senior Housing News wrote them, you read them and passed them along to your friends and colleagues. Here are the most shared posts from SHN this week: Dished: How Five Star is Overhauling Senior Living Dining—Fifteen chefs, four 50-pound sea bass and a celebrity food personality are just a few features going down at an […]

Where Sunrise Senior Living’s New CEO is Taking the Company Next

Four months after moving into a new position as Sunrise Senior Living CEO, Chris Winkle is already well underway with the company’s growth strategy. Last week, Sunrise expanded its partnership with Health Care REIT in at $257 million deal to acquire United Kingdom-based Gracewell Healthcare, with Sunrise taking over the operations of the portfolio and […]

Senior Housing Investments & Acquisitions: Diversicare, LCB Senior Living, HCN

Diversicare Announces Acquisition of Operations of 2 Ohio Properties Diversicare Healthcare Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:DVCR), a provider of long-term care services, recently announced the assumption of operations at two facilities in Ohio. The transaction includes a 142-bed skilled nursing facility in Avon, Ohio, and a 42-bed assisted living facility in Ontario, Ohio. These facilities are expected […]

HCN, Sunrise Expand UK Partnership, Launch Development Pipeline

Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN) announced Thursday has completed an 11-property senior housing portfolio acquisition in Southern England from Gracewell Healthcare for £153 million (USD$257 million) in cash. Separately, Sunrise Senior Living, in which HCN owns a 24% interest, has acquired Gracewell’s management company and will manage the portfolio. The companies are also partnering on […]

After $3.8 Billion in Deals, Ventas Targets Senior Housing Redevelopment

Following $3.8 billion of acquisitions under agreement in the last few months, Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is ramping up its redevelopment activity with hundreds of millions in projects currently under construction. The Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT) has been increasing the pace of its redevelopment efforts over the past few quarters. In the second […]

Health Care REIT Posts Record Performance on Strong Operator Partnerships

Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN) Friday reported record-high operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, attributing its performance to partnerships with best-in-class seniors housing and post-acute operators and strong regional health systems. The real estate investment trust completed a record quarter of earnings with normalized Funds from Operations (FFO) per share of $1.06, representing […]

Sunrise, LCS, Merrill Gardens Among Newest ALFA Board Members

After months of anticipated changes, the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) has named five new members to its Board of Directors. Joining the senior living trade group’s Board are Tana Gill, president of Seattle-based Merrill Gardens; Ed Kenny, CEO of Des Moines, Iowa-based LCS; Randy Richardson, president of Chicago-based Vi; Patricia Will, president of […]

Health Care REIT Making $2 Billion Bet on the United Kingdom

While not shying away from deals in the United States, Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN) has already made $2 billion worth of investments in the United Kingdom said Thomas DeRosa, CEO of HCN during an interview with REIT.Com in New York. About 12% of HCN’s assets are outside the U.S., with about 4-to-5% of those assets being in […]

NY Times: Policies Lacking on Sex in Senior Living

More than half of men and 40% of women older than 60 remain sexually active, a statistic driving conversations among some senior living communities about consensual sex, who is capable of consent and how to balance residents’ privacy with that of other residents, a recent New York Times article reports.  “These issues have not been […]