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...
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How One Senior Living Provider Used Consumer Research To Overcome Challenges And Amplify Successes With Its Expansion
By John Cowan, Executive Director, & Jeanne LaRoe, Marketing Director at Givens Estates Throughout the more than four decades that Givens Estates has served seniors in the Asheville, North Carolina, market, our offerings have evolved markedly. Over time, and as...
5 Ways Senior Living Market Research Helps Providers Remain Nimble When Pursuing Expansions And Multi-Site Opportunities
By Karen Adams, VP of Market Intelligence Through our work with various mission-oriented senior living organizations, we have been brought into many master planning processes and discussions. From what we’ve witnessed when organizations lay out the next era of...
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,...
Here Are 5 Ways That Senior Living Communities Can Get Back To Basics—And Back To Hospitality—To Rebuild Census In 2021
By Amy Brodie (Vice President of Client Services) & Lisa Pearre (Chief Client Services Officer) With vaccine distribution numbers increasing each day, everyone in the senior living sector is optimistically talking about “getting back to normal.” We recognize that...
Webinar: Marketing and Sales in 2021: The Path To Rebuilding and Sustaining Census
Presented By:Lisa Pearre, moderator, Principal, Chief Client Services Officer Karen Adams, Vice President, Market Intelligence Amy Brodie, Vice President, Client ServicesJim Gentry, Copy Director Joan Kelly-Kincade, Senior Sales Advisor In 2020, the COVID pandemic had...
Make 2021 The Year Your Community Begins Its Diversity Journey
By Rob Love, President & CEO As we look ahead to 2021, many things are vying for priority on your and your team’s “to-do” lists. Of course, completing the COVID-19 vaccination process tops the list today, and questions about census recovery and/or future growth...
3 Things Your Life Plan Community Can Do Right Now To Spark Success In 2021
By Amy Brodie, Vice President of Client Services With 2020 now firmly in the rearview (and good riddance!), Life Plan Communities look to 2021 for recovery and restoration. Above all else, communities have recommitted to providing the best—and safest—retirement...
5 Questions With a Fitch Ratings Leader on the Outlook for Senior Living in 2021 and Beyond
By Margaret Johnson, Director and Senior Living Sector Lead at Fitch Ratings I recently had the chance to join Love & Company’s webinar, “Focus on 2021: Insights and Strategies for a Successful Year,” and it was refreshing to hear such optimism and energy from the...
An Important Lesson From 2020: Never Stop Marketing
By Rob Love, President & CEO The articles in this blog series as well as our recent webinar, “Focus on 2021: Insights and Strategies for a Successful Year,” share perspectives from senior living thought leaders on what your Life Plan Community can do to rebound...
Senior Living in 2021: Why Community Partnerships and Communication Will Be More Important Than Ever
By Sean Kelly, President & CEO of Kendal Corporation This article is part of a series that supports Love & Company’s upcoming webinar, “Focus on 2021: Insights and Strategies for a Successful Year.” I’ll be joined by fellow thought leaders in the field for the...
Connection, Tech and Planning: 3 Lessons That Senior Living Providers Must Carry Into 2021
By John Franklin, Principal at Pearl Creek Advisors The entire senior living sector has learned a lot from 2020. And to remain viable going forward, every provider across the sector—regardless of size, market or sponsor—must do its part to apply the lessons of this...