5 Senior Living Operators to Watch in 2025

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Editor’s note: SHN Senior Editor Tim Regan and SHN Reporter Andrew Christman also contributed to this article. In 2025, senior living providers are reinventing their models to meet the evolving expectations for older adults as demand grows. Providers are testing out new changes in meeting affordability concerns, […]

Memory Care Executive Forecast 2025: Memory Care Sector ‘Poised for Evolution’

The memory care sector continues to bring new opportunities and create new challenges, with operators looking to improve operations and improve resident care. In 2025, operators see strong demand for senior living as favorable demographic trends persist, but getting communities to have strong occupancy and net operating income is not a guarantee. The cohort of […]

In the Pipeline: Thrive Grows in Texas; Maplewood Plans D.C. Inspir Grand Opening

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 Thrive Senior Living expands in Texas Thrive Senior Living and Orison Holdings recently announced a […]

Phoenix Senior Living Creates New President Role With Eye on Expansion

Phoenix Senior Living has promoted Seth Pesek into a newly created president role in an effort to prepare for its next growth phase. Pesek stepping into the new job represents a “significant milestone” for the company, which CEO Jesse Marinko founded about a decade ago. “It was about timing and alignment,” Marinko told Senior Housing […]

Senior Living Industry Starts 2025 With Flurry of New Executive Appointments

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living companies have hit the ground running in 2025 revamping their leadership org charts as a new generation of leaders prepares to take the industry into its next chapter. Companies including Welltower (NYSE: WELL), United Church Homes, Distinctive Living, Pegasus Senior Living and Watermark Retirement have […]

Movers and Shakers: United Church Homes Announces New CEO; Spring Arbor Adds Three Leaders

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How Care Coordination Helps Power United Church Homes’ Memory Care Model, Growth Plans

Nonprofit senior living operator United Church Homes (UCH) will continue to grow its memory care program in 2025 as care coordination plays a crucial role in improving the health of older adults living with dementia. During a panel at the recent WTWH Media Continuum event in Arlington, Virginia, UCH CEO Kenneth Daniel outlined the importance […]

LSS to Expand Memory Care Program Through GUIDE Model Rollout

Nonprofit senior living provider Lutheran Senior Services (LSS) is set to expand its dementia care offerings to reach more older adults in part through its participation in the GUIDE model. A handful of senior living operators, including United Church Homes, have also announced participation in the GUIDE model, which is aimed at helping older adults […]

United Church Homes CEO: GUIDE Model Participation a ‘Growth Opportunity’

United Church Homes is preparing to expand its capabilities in serving older adults with dementia, in part through participating in the new GUIDE model program. United Church Homes was recently approved by CMS to participate in the GUIDE model. “I think this is the future,” said UCH President and CEO Kenneth Daniel. “We know we […]