Housing

Long-term trends continue in nursing care

Amid lackluster second quarter economic data and increasing uncertainty about future economic growth, nursing care fundamentals through 2Q11 (and in Read More »

Memory care: Private vs semi-private rooms

“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 »

Lessons from Pioneer 2011: Neighborhood Nurses and obtrusive noise

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 »

Beating the facility’s heat

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 »

LTC in Italy: Seniors living La Dolce Vita

Healthy seniors living the good life. On a recent trip to Italy, I decided to actively investigate how Read More »

First quarter regional occupancy highlights

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 »

Private payor rates vary significantly by market

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 »

Nursing care occupancy increases in 1Q2011

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 »

Nursing care penetration varies ‘significantly’

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 »

Occupancy rate for nursing care properties falls

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 »

Should resident names be used on room signage?

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act restricts a resident’s either medical or personal information from being released to anyone Read More »

Beaten but not broken

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 »

Distressed properties

At a glance… When evaluating a distressed property there are several questions that need to be addressed, including diagnosing problems, evaluating Read More »

Assessing my parents’ housing prospects

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 »

Living the boutique lifestyle

Boutique hotels…boutique shops…boutique spas…boutique senior living…. What? Boutique senior living? That's correct! The arrival of America's most Read More »

Culture change in action

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 »

Midwest offers most LTC affordability, choice

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 »

Housing the city’s elderly

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 »

Going ‘green’ in long-term care

As times quickly change, environmental responsibility has become a national issue and is being discussed in politics, the business world, Read More »

60 is the new 50

In terms of aging, everyone is touting 60 as “the new 50”; thus, 70 is the new 60, and so on. Clearly, this is evident everywhere—in the workforce Read More »

Caring for America’s heroes

Vaughn Jackson speaks with pride about his service to our country. “I was in the Army for 12 years—three in Vietnam,” he says. “I worked as a Read More »

Stepping up to say hello

At night it sends a glowing welcome, and both day and night it extends services and activities to residents and visitors at the C.C. Young CCRC in Read More »

First of a four-part series Creating Home and Building Community II: The Urban Experience

To demonstrate the feasibility of creating an urban high-rise culture change program, and to encourage the elder care community to consider this Read More »

Evolving with the neighborhood

When you've been operating a nursing home for 100 years, can you change your offerings and environment sufficiently to appeal to the new senior care Read More »

An environment for aging

Last month I equated much of our new “Environments for Aging” thrust with developments in city life. Fact is, though, EFA has a much broader Read More »

Revitalizing cities with senior-oriented communities

It was a wide-ranging discussion at the Environments for Aging Conference in March—a couple dozen architects, planners, senior service providers, Read More »

An urban high-rise makes green dollars and sense

At first glance you wouldn't take the building to be: (1) a senior living community or (2) an exemplar of “green” construction. The building, a Read More »

From ‘nursing home’ to ‘home’: The small house movement

Individuals who seek long-term care have three distinct needs: housing, assistance with activities of daily living, and chronic disease management. Read More »

The evidence in support of SAGE Design Principles

People are no longer willing to accept that nursing homes have to be institutional, staff-centric facilities based solely on a medical model. Read More »

Signs of the new: A panel discussion by the jurors from SAGE

One of the questions we asked of participants this year involved their use of green design. Read More »