By John Ruffier, Chair of the Lowndes Senior Housing Practice Group In case you are not one of the over 3,000 people attending the 2019 NIC Fall Conference in Chicago, we thought we’d share a …
Don’t Despair! Senior Housing Services Demand Will Continue to Grow.
Although the competition between facilities for residents and employees creates a headwind for the industry, it is important not to lose sight of the simple fact that time and demographics are on the side of …
What Will Interest Rates Do in 2017?
Our good friends at HJ Sims Investments recently published their “Market Outlook” for 2017, which features some interesting speculation on where interest rates will go under a Trump Administration. A key excerpt: It usually takes …
Making Seniors Housing Affordable for Middle-Class Residents
Senior Housing Business magazine’s October-November 2016 issue had an interesting “question of the month” – asking how to make the industry more affordable for the middle class. Unsurprisingly, there were many differing opinions on the …
CMS ADDS NEW QUALITY MEASURES TO NURSING HOME COMPARE WEBSITE
By: I. Paul Mandelkern: To help residents and their families find a quality Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing home and to encourage nursing homes to achieve high quality by public reporting of quality measures, in …
Integra Realty Resources Offers Analysis of the Senior Housing Market
Integra Realty Resources (IRR) recently published its 2016 Commercial Real Estate Trends Report, and as always it contained a number of items of interest with respect to the Senior Housing industry. The report recognized the …
What Lies Ahead in 2016?
Senior Housing News recently published an interesting article entitled “Senior Housing Crystal Ball: To Execs’ 2016 Predictions”. As would be expected, there are a lot of concerns over the competition for staff talent and the …
New Report Judges Cities on Suitability for Seniors
The Milken Institute just released a report on the “Best Cities for Successful Aging” which ranked 352 U.S. metropolitan areas based on how well their physical and social surroundings support health, engagement, productivity and purpose …
Some interesting statistics out of NIC on resident needs for assistance
While attending the NIC Conference in Chicago last week, we had the chance to hear a number of really interesting panels covering a wide swath of issues in the Senior Housing industry. The breakout session …
