By Karen Adams, Vice President of Market Intelligence Perhaps nothing in recent memory has accelerated a change in the lifestyles and preferences of older adults more than the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that we’re in a new (and hopefully final) phase of the virus’s grasp...
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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....
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...
What To Ask When You Consider Expanding Into Home- and Community-Based Care Programs
By Rob Love, President & CEO As a strategic advisor and marketing partner, one of the most common needs we hear from Life Plan Communities is to broaden revenue sources. With the shock of COVID-19 still reverberating throughout the senior living sector,...
5 Steps the Continuing Care at Home Field Can Take to Increase Sales
By Rob Love, President & CEO I admit it: I’ve loved the continuing care at home (CCaH) product since I first learned about it more than 20 years ago. With Life Plan Communities only capturing a fairly small proportion of the age- and income-qualified...
Unique Challenges of Dementia Care During the Coronavirus Crisis
“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.” – Mister Rogers We are all facing difficult challenges during this time of COVID-19, the...
Social Connectivity Among Senior Adults Increases Through Technology During a Time of Crisis
In this time of trying to achieve “physical distancing” while minimizing true “social distancing,” communication technologies like Wellzesta are providing significant benefits to senior living communities and their residents. Wellzesta in particular has been...
7 Ways to Market Assisted Living to the Adult Child, and Ultimately Your Prospective Resident
By Christine Carruthers, Vice President, Health Services Marketing Earlier this year, I went to the annual Argentum (formerly ALFA) conference, where I attended a session featuring a panel discussion about senior prospects, their adult children, and what they each...
2019 Senior Living Healthcare Trends: Much Of The Same, But A Whole Lot Different
Guest blog by Lynn Daly, Managing Director, Healthcare Team at BB&T Capital Markets The pressure points that Senior Living providers felt in 2018 will only be exasperated in 2019. This increased strain is due to the same primary-driver that has impacted the...
10 Necessities of Healthcare Marketing
Marketing healthcare living options is a complex undertaking because there are many audiences to reach. Each audience – assisted living and memory care prospects, adult children, long-term care prospects, rehab guests, and skilled nursing referral sources – needs a...
11 Home Visit Tips to Boost Your Assisted Living Census
By Chris Carruthers, Vice President, Health Services Marketing Let’s start by affirming a trend in assisted living that we are all seeing. People are staying in their homes longer, sometimes with services, instead of moving to assisted living. Traditionally,...
Why Family Members Are Your Best Customer
By Rick Hunsicker, Vice President, Sales Services Recently, I found myself on the other side of the fence, as the customer instead of the service provider. I was the adult child whose mother went through assisted living, skilled rehab and memory care. I can tell you...