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Benno Garwood, Director of Food and Beverage at The Springs Living, has been named an inaugural member of the DISHED Senior Living Dining Innovation Awards Class of 2025 by Senior Housing News. As an Operational Optimizer Award winner, Senior Housing News recognized Garwood for his ability to make true impacts on the dining experience at […]
Senior living operators must get creative and bring new menus to the table as they refresh culinary programs to meet the demand for older adults. Older adults are coming to communities with broadened tastes while desiring new flavors. But there’s a distinct balance that operators must find in providing the “staples” and “comfort foods” residents […]
Matthew Steele, Director of Food and Beverage at The Springs Living, has been named an inaugural member of the DISHED Senior Living Dining Innovation Awards Class of 2025 by Senior Housing News. As an Elevating the Experience winner, Senior Housing News recognized Steele for his ability to transform dining into a destination. Each month, Steele’s […]
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Senior living operators with value-based offerings are getting a boost from a nearly doubled Medicare Advantage (MA) capitation rate in 2026. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) previously announced a 5.06% increase in MA capitation rates, higher than what some analysts expected, including Macquarie Senior Healthcare Equities Research Analyst Tao Qiu. A capitation […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription In 2025, senior living operators are looking to strategies from companies like Costco (NASDAQ: COST) to improve staffing and quality. I think there’s still more the industry can learn. Senior living operators have embraced staffing models that emulate the retail giant’s practice of rewarding high-quality workers with […]
Medicaid could soon be on the chopping block. Senior housing and care leaders are warning that the cuts could complicate operations at the least, if not hurt access and care for older adults. On Tuesday night, the U.S. House narrowly passed a budget resolution bill urging the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to cut […]
If you ask Experience Senior Living CEO Phill Barklow, the senior living industry has an opportunity to kick growth into higher gear in 2025. But industry’s goal to “thrive in 2025” is contrasted with many operating challenges operators face in their plans for new growth. In working to narrow the supply-demand gap as development remains […]
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