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
Building in more flexibility to worker schedules is not a new strategy for the senior living industry. But in 2024, operators are still tweaking those strategies to improve their staffing practices. The concept has worked well in other customer-facing industries. After global retailer Ikea faced a turnover problem in 2022 and 2023, the company implemented … Read more
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living operators are now picking up the pace with occupancy,approaching – and passing – census levels last seen in 2019. Signs of the race for occupancy speeding up are apparent, given the broader industry’s 11th consecutive quarter of census growth. Some of the industry’s prominent operating … Read more