If the senior living industry faces one imminent challenge related to the looming demand wave, it’s staffing. Widespread labor shortages and stiff competition in some markets makes hiring good employees particularly challenging these days. Can anything be done about it? Four senior living CEOs tackled that very question during a July 13 panel discussion moderated by PointClickCare’s […]
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Despite sagging occupancy nationwide, the CEOs behind some of the country’s leading senior living companies still see plenty of opportunity for growth—and a chance to shape regulations that may be coming down the pike. That was the theme of a July 13 panel discussion at the Senior Housing News Summit in Chicago that included insights from […]
Senior living providers are going to have to confront the labor shortage sooner or later—but exactly how remains up in the air. Vi President Randy Richardson has some ideas, though. Vi is a Chicago-based senior housing company that owns and operates 10 high-end continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and serves about 5,000 residents throughout the U.S. “We’re […]
Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) have been around for a long time, with their roots in religious organizations, but the for-profit operating model of today presents specific challenges and opportunities. Current CCRC leaders might sometimes feel like they’re in the “space shuttle business” or fighting a perception that they’re operating a “dinosaur product.” To learn why, check out this roundup of […]
Willis will be hosting their annual Senior Living Conference on November 3rd and 4th, 2015. The conference will be held in Chicago at the Willis Tower and will include a networking dinner and roundtable discussions to allow the group to interact and share best practices. This conference is designed for and by existing Willis Senior […]
Three continuing care retirement communities have returned to the top spots in Best Retirement Destinations’ latest rankings of assisted living providers. Best Retirement Destinations, an online resource that helps people search for senior living communities, analyzes contenders across five key categories: personalized care, medical care, social networking, safety/security and proximity of medical care. Returning to the […]
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 […]
Best Retirement Destinations, an online resource that helps people search for senior living communities, ranked its top assisted living destinations for March 2014. The top-30 rankings are evaluated by criteria that spans five critical areas, including personalized care, quality of medical care, social networking capabilities, safety/security and proximity of medical care. “We have done our […]
In an increasingly competitive marketplace, senior living providers are seeing data, collected throughout their communities, is driving their ability to manage through the competition. CEOs say data collection and analysis is a major game-changer when it comes to operating efficiencies, but it also means finding solutions to managing it. Information systems are critical in providing […]
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