Category: Senior Housing

Senior Housing

CCRC Update

Within the past ten or so days, I took some time to review the financial and operating benchmarks for CCRCs. The past eighteen months have likely been the toughest operational and financial period ever for…

Assisted Living

Non-Profit Health Care Outlook for 2010

Moody’s Investor Service released their annual sector outlook today for not-for-profit health care organizations, stating that they (Moody’s) continue to maintain a “negative” outlook on the industry. Important to note in this report is that…

Assisted Living

Sharpen the Sales and Marketing Efforts in 2010

I lost track this past year of how many people I talked to that told me that, “organizationally, we are kind of stalled in developing new business because of the economy and health care reform”….

Assisted Living

Better Productivity, Better Retention: Labor Strategy for 2010

For the vast majority of providers, productivity and retention are ongoing labor hassles. Salaries and benefits are typically, the single largest expense item for health care providers and when analyzed by all of the components,…

Senior Housing

CCRCs: Ready, Set, Market!

As we head now into the new year, it makes sense for CCRCs to pre-ordain the recovery just a bit and move back into a modest-aggressive posture, qualifying and securing new residents. Even with a…

Senior Housing

CCRCs and Problems: Much Ado About Likely, Very Little

A product that has seen its share of struggles in the economic downturn is entry-fee CCRCs. To clarify, not all CCRC models are struggling and not even all entry-fee based CCRCs are struggling as certain…

Assisted Living

Assisted Living/Senior Housing Update

For the past nine months we’ve watched the cap rates trend up, occupancy trend down and the transaction market remain stagnant. The credit crisis of one year ago definitely chilled the “buyer” side and as…

Assisted Living

Diversification: Staying on Top in a Changing Industry

Without question, the post-acute healthcare industry is changing. Every sector, from skilled nursing to assisted living to senior housing to home health and hospice has and will continue to undergo, some form of transformation. The…

Senior Housing

Senior Living vs. Senior Lifestyle: Adjusting the Development Curve

Creating the right “next generation” environment requires a complete re-visioning of the convetional senior housing model. Incorporating new design elements within the space is not only mandatory in new environments but critical in existing environments…

Senior Housing

Creating the Right Niche’

With the economy the way it is and the real estate market not quite into “recovery” mode as of yet, many senior housing projects are struggling to find their footing and thus, achievedesired occupancy levels….

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Reg

Healthcare executive, consultant, and author covering post-acute care, senior living, and the economics behind both - for 30+ years.

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