Tag: Market Trends

Assisted Living

Assisted Living Update

As 2010 comes in and looking back on 2009, the Assisted Living market has been on a bit of a roller-coaster. Without question, the downturn in the economy caused some provider pain most notably among…

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”….

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…

Policy and Politics - Federal

Healthcare Reform Update: Inside Baseball Time

If you are a baseball fan, you’ll appreciate the correlation between a baseball game and the present course of healthcare reform. A baseball game starts with anticipation and fanfare; speeches, the throwing out of the…

Uncategorized

Healthcare Economic Outlook

As my work is focused on healthcare and more succinctly, post-acute healthcare and senior housing, I follow overall economic trends and conditions and translate the same for the healthcare economy. As healthcare remains a private…

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…

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Reg

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

The Weekly Briffing

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