Guest article by Lisa McCracken, Director, Senior Living Research and Development, Ziegler The 2020 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 publication reported that 34% of the largest not-for-profit senior living and care organizations are in a formal joint venture of some kind. The...
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In Search of the Fountain of Youth
How fully integrated health and wellness programs can be a key differentiator for Life Plan Communities Guest article by Tom Mann, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Moorings Park — This article is a supplement for our webinar, “Integrated Wellness and...
The Changing Face of Long-Term Care
Guest article by Mike Kivov, Partner at OnePoint Partners --- This article is a primer and supplement for our upcoming webinar, "Integrated Wellness and Prevention: Repositioning Life Plan Communities to Provide What Consumers Really Want," on Thursday, August 5....
Culture: The Only Way to Fill Your Buildings
Guest article by Denise Boudreau-Scott, President at Drive We’ll call her “Nancy from HR.” There’s one in every organization . . . oftentimes ignored, frequently thought of as a kook. Her musings about organizational culture being the crux of the problem when it comes...
Strategic Planning for Higher Levels of Care in the Shadow of a Pandemic
Guest article by Brad Paulis, ASA, FCA, MAAA, Partner; and Chris Borcik, FSA, FCA, MAAA, Principal, at Continuing Care Actuaries Much of 2020 and early 2021 was a constant struggle of assessing the latest information and reacting as quickly as possible to answer the...
Do I Stay or Do I Leave? Using Data Science to Decrease Employee Turnover in Senior Living
Guest article by Dr. Jacquelyn Kung, CEO, Activated Insights COVID-19 has exacerbated our industry's employee turnover challenges. As annual employee turnover averages a staggering 80 percent across U.S. senior living operators (up from 65 percent before COVID), we...
Five Priorities When Preparing to Start a Master Plan
Guest article by Melissa Pritchard, Managing Principal, SFCS Architects At SFCS, we are encouraged to see that many senior living communities are looking to the future again by beginning master planning. Master planning is more critical for our communities and our...
Why Master Planning Is More Important Now Than Ever Before
By Tad Melton, Managing Director, Ziegler For many senior living organizations, the past year has brought more change than we have ever seen in a single year. So many trends have been playing out so fast around us for quite some time now, and the pandemic only...
4 Innovative Financing Strategies for Life Plan Communities to Create Operational Cashflow During COVID-19
By Melissa Messina, SVP at HJ Sims With how unpredictable the last year has been, it would be foolish to believe that we can reasonably predict what will happen in the next five years as it relates to Life Plan Community financing and capital markets as a whole....
The Future of Continuing Care Contracts: Which Will Become The Predominate Choice?
Guest article by A.V. Powell, ASA, MAAA, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer; and Molly Shaw, ASA, MAAA, Chief Actuarial Officer of A.V. Powell & Associates Whether a start-up or campus expansion, communities are evolving to offer a wider variety of services,...
How Two Senior Living Providers Are Successfully Advancing Their Missions Using Early Advantage Programs
By Kevin McLeod, President & CEO of Carolina Meadows and Ben Unkle, President & CEO of Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay Distinct from home- and community-based services (HCBS), another leading-edge way that Life Plan Communities have been broadening...
3 Fundamentals to Follow & 5 Pitfalls To Avoid When Considering Expanding Your Senior Living Offerings
By Nancy King, President of Senior Options; and Ben Unkle, President & CEO of Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay As mission-driven and not-for-profit senior living providers have had to weather the challenges of the last year, many Life Plan Communities are...