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My primary reason for attending the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month was to look at what we, in the senior living field, should be expecting and planning for over the next five to ten years. While there were many cool things at the show — yes, I...
By Karen Adams, VP of Market Intelligence Senior living trends discussions are exciting, tantalizing and hold promise for new ways of addressing our aging issues. Trends are sirens for existing senior living communities as they plan their futures, rearrange...
By Tom Mann, Principal The reasons for growth Watch the recording of our "The Reasons for Growth" webinar featuring experts from LeadingAge, HumanGood, and Asbury! We all know this chart… Credit: US Census and Ziegler … more than 76 million baby boomers will start...
The most frequently quoted statistics about life expectancy (American men born today can expect to live to 76.5 years, and women can expect to live 81.3 years) are misleading. For those in our fifties, we have already outlasted those who have passed away (they skewed...
Ask any senior living leader what keeps him or her up at night, and you’ll quickly hear the words "staff recruitment and retention." In a survey of CFOs by Ziegler, 80% of respondents said it was one of their top concerns for 2018. According to Argentum, senior living...
By Tom Mann, Principal The power of place When Steve Jobs was designing the headquarters for Pixar, he obsessed over every detail, including where the bathrooms would be placed. In his book, “The Innovators: How A Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the...
By Tom Mann, Principal Throughout the years, Love & Company has strived to provide senior living C-level executives with key industry insights and trends. In this five-part blog series, I will examine how some of the more progressive organizations are preparing...
For many years, the sales centers of senior living communities and home builders have contained similar elements. Floor plans, site plans, architectural renderings and samples of flooring, cabinets and countertops have been available for prospects to view. Often, a...
“The times they are a-changin’,” penned 76-year-old Bob Dylan in the l960s. Interestingly, that’s a very pertinent observation about senior living’s up-and-coming independent living target audience—it’s a-changin’ in oh so many ways. If you’re hoping to entice a...
By Tom Mann, Principal, Executive Vice President I recently attended the 6th Annual BB&T Capital Markets Tax Exempt Symposium which I expected to revolve almost exclusively around the financial side of senior living. Turns out I was wrong. Very wrong. Instead,...
By Rob Love, President, CEO In January of 2017, I visited the International Builders Show in Orlando and was impressed by how far smart home technology had progressed. As one presenter noted, Amazon’s Alexa had become “the gateway drug to smart home technology.” So,...
By Tom Mann, Principal, Executive Vice President If you are a regular reader of The Leaders’ Board, you’ve had the opportunity to read predictions of some of the brightest minds in senior living. Now, it’s my turn. Last year, I wrote a well-received white paper titled...
