New data on residential care facilities provide baseline estimates for the future. Researchers say this information will come in handy when policymakers and consumer advocates engage in discourse over the industry. Read More »
On May 22, an EF-5 tornado carved its way through Joplin, Mo., striking the Greenbriar nursing home with a direct hit. Months later, the affected share their stories. Read More »
Photo by St. Leonard staff The Franciscan Wellness Center fitness room at St. Leonard Franciscan Living Community in Centerville, Ohio A community Read More »
Other than growing old, it’s not easy to do anything for 30 consecutive years—and do it successfully. Well, on December 5, one of assisted living’s Read More »
The warnings have been well reported up to this point. Unfortunately, providers have little say in the matters of Medicaid and the transformations Read More »
The recovery in assisted living is keeping pace as occupancy continues to improve. In 3Q11, assisted living occupancy was 88.6 percent, which is an Read More »
Rendering by Rees Associates, Inc. The first Prevarian Senior Living community, Wyoming Springs Assisted Living and Memory Care in Round Rock, Read More »
Within the largest 30 metropolitan markets (Las Vegas excluded), the number of units in assisted living properties has increased by 7.7 percent Read More »
Allan R. Brown, Jr., is co-founder and principal of Prevarian Senior Living, a relatively new real estate development and investment firm based in Read More »
In complex mysteries you may have more than one party that is responsible for missing rooms in a senior living community. The worst crime scene I Read More »
Amid lackluster second quarter economic data and increasing uncertainty about future economic growth, nursing care fundamentals through 2Q11 (and in Read More »
“Should memory care residents be in private or semi-private rooms?” This is the question I often get asked by architects and owners new to memory Read More »
St. Charles, Missouri, was the site of the 2011 annual convention for the Pioneer Network. This was the fourth Pioneer event I have attended; I had Read More »
Over the last week or so the temperature each day has been in the 90s and the heat index over 100 degrees. When I was young, I barely noticed these Read More »
In 1Q11, overall nursing care occupancy was 88.5 percent, which is an improvement of 10 basis points from the prior quarter. Occupancy held up Read More »
The average private payor nursing care rate continues to grow at approximately three percent annually and has risen a total 17 percent during the Read More »
Occupancy in nursing care properties rose for the first time in a year during 1Q11 to 88.5 percent, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from the Read More »
Across the largest 31 metropolitan markets, the penetration rate for nursing care beds is 12.2%, or approximately 12 nursing beds per every 100 aged Read More »
During 4Q10, the occupancy rate in nursing care properties declined 0.2 percentage points to 88.3% from 88.5% in 3Q10. This marginal quarterly Read More »
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act restricts a resident’s either medical or personal information from being released to anyone Read More »
Long-term care developers are itching to build, imploring lenders to “show us the money” Like a post-acute resident in a skilled nursing facility, Read More »
At a glance… When evaluating a distressed property there are several questions that need to be addressed, including diagnosing problems, evaluating Read More »
Over a month ago, I flew across the country to attend the 2009 Advanced Sales & Marketing Summit for Senior Housing, Assisted Living, and Nursing Read More »
Boutique hotels…boutique shops…boutique spas…boutique senior living…. What? Boutique senior living? That's correct! The arrival of America's most Read More »
At a glance… Isabella Geriatric Center, New York, has found that by stating its values, involving everyone in the process, and tackling issues that Read More »
Richmond, Va.-A new survey shows Americans seeking affordable long-term care options will find the Midwest offers the most choices at the lowest Read More »
What happens when you get teams from 10 architectural firms clustered in one large room attempting to design four inner city senior housing Read More »
