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 […]
Career development and more targeted benefits are among the top ways that senior living operators are seeking to better support employees ahead of 2025. Operators today contend with a range of workforce challenges, including the lack of licensed nursing staff and contend with the steep responsibilities associated with providing care to today’s senior living residents. […]
When it comes to senior living staffing, operators in 2024 must do things differently than before. Senior living companies have taken many steps to bolster staffing in recent years, including raising wages for employees creating new benefits and offering greater flexibility in scheduling. With a low unemployment rate of 4.1% nationwide, talent pools remain shallower […]
Vi is rolling out a new “brain gym” pilot program aimed at improving brain health and cognitive function at its life plan community in La Jolla, California. The Chicago-based operator at Vi at La Jolla Village conducted a case study with 37 residents to improve cognitive function. The operator worked with Dividat, a cognitive motor […]
Faced with challenges on many sides, memory care operators are integrating technology into their operations, from artificial intelligence to virtual reality and other tools. “It really streamlines the process and gives you immediate, actionable information to engage with the resident, making it a more personal experience, while also allowing the staff to engage without having […]
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living operators are now picking up the pace with occupancy,approaching – and passing – census levels last seen in 2019. Signs of the race for occupancy speeding up are apparent, given the broader industry’s 11th consecutive quarter of census growth. Some of the industry’s prominent operating […]
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: In Progress Vi pours millions into renovations across portfolio Vi is in the midst of a […]
Vi is in the middle of upgrading multiple communities in its portfolio as the company eyes future growth, including in the rental senior living sector. Chicago-based Vi is nearing completion on a $92 million renovation at Vi at Bentley Village in Naples, Florida, that is set to wrap up this summer. The work added 64 […]
In 2019, Vi President Randy Richardson revealed that the company was planning on returning to the rental senior living market — and now, those plans have started to come to fruition in Arizona. Vi is currently under contract on a piece of property in Scottsdale, Arizona, on which to develop a 320-unit luxury rental senior […]
With Covid-19 vaccinations steadily increasing and leads and move-ins returning, it seems the senior living industry is approaching the light at the end of its pandemic tunnel. But that doesn’t mean senior living providers can rest on their laurels and watch move-ins flow in on their own. With much of the industry in lease-up after […]
