Ventas (NYSE: VTR) is seeking to further ramp up its investments in senior living in the months ahead as it continues to push margins and occupancy higher in its senior housing operating segment. In the third quarter of 2024, Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT) invested nearly $937 million to acquire 26 properties for its … Read more
Senior Housing News, a WTWH Healthcare publication, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Senior Housing News (SHN) Architecture & Design Awards (https://shnawards.com). Communities across the United States and the globe submitted new construction and renovation/repositioning projects this year, vying for top honors across 20 categories: Active Adult Addiction Treatment Affordable Housing Assisted … Read more
Determining the right cost of senior living units has never been a simple exercise. But looking ahead to 2025, it is among the top areas of focus that Anthem Memory Care CEO Isaac Scott thinks the industry should look into. West Linn, Oregon-based Anthem, a memory care operator with 22 communities across the U.S., previously … Read more
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of behavioral health, senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. William Ham, Vice President of Asset Management … Read more
Welltower (NYSE: WELL) announced $1.2 billion in acquisitions in the third quarter of 2024, bringing its total this year to a “record-setting” $6.1 billion. And the company is still adding to that amount, according to CEO Shankh Mitra. “While 2024 is shaping up to be a record year for Welltower in terms of capital deployment, … Read more
Justice in Aging would like to thank Carol Wilkins for her contribution to this brief. Introduction Personal care services are essential for older adults and people with disabilities who need assistance with daily activities like dressing, eating, and cleaning to live independently and age in their communities rather than in institutional settings such as nursing … Read more
I am quite aware that my life has become a skit on the Carol Burnett Show. Watching Burnett as Mrs. Wiggins walking all hunched over was funny indeed. Now, not so much when it takes me twenty minutes to stand up straight after sitting. Funny it seems although your hearing slips a bit as you … Read more
Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine. This weekly newsletter is sent to thousands of interested subscribers. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the newsletter, please visit: https://www.fightaging.org/newsletter/ Longevity Industry Consulting … Read more
Hear more insights on the future of senior housing development at the SHN reBUILD conference in Chicago. Buy tickets here for the event running Nov. 20-21. Senior living companies have had a rough time with ground-up development in 2023 and 2024. Market conditions are rapidly evolving, but development is still not for the faint of … Read more
Have you noticed that an older relative seems to be having trouble hearing you at times? Or perhaps you’ve realized that sometimes YOU are the one saying “What?” These situations are extremely common. Sometimes the issue is that one is trying to communicate in a noisy place and there is no need for concern. But … Read more