Internal candidates have edge in leadership transitions: Ziegler
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2022
Among organizations on the LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list, almost 70 have had a turnover in the CEO role since 2015. Such transitions take careful planning, and for most C-suite positions, internal candidates...
Monthly resident fees driven to historic highs due to staffing, inflation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 28, 2022
Staffing and inflationary pressures combined with occupancy challenges are driving monthly fees for not-for-profit independent living communities to historic highs, according to specialty investment bank...
Monthly fee increases in independent living hit historic high: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 28, 2022
Monthly fees for independent living residents increased at a higher rate than in previous years, and they are higher than predictions made last year, according to respondents to a survey by specialty investment...
Long-term care lending increases in second half of 2021: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2022
Lending to long-term care providers picked up in the second half of 2021, according to results of a Ziegler / National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care lending survey released Friday.
Burned out? These senior living leaders suggest meditation, wine and dogs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 21, 2022
Author and change expert Michelle Rozen, Ph.D., opened up Ziegler’s virtual Women in Senior Living Leadership Forum on Friday addressing burnout in the healthcare industry — particularly among female...
Service line diversification offers growth opportunities for senior living: Ziegler
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 28, 2022
As senior living operators consider strategic opportunities for growth in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, service line diversification offers a variety of options, according to specialty investment...
Provider Relief Fund monies wane for life plan communities in 2021: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 14, 2022
Life plan communities received comparatively small amounts of Provider Relief Fund aid in 2021, as program money wanes. No meaningful additional funds are expected going forward in 2022, according to specialty...
CCRC occupancy inches up to 85.7 percent in fourth quarter
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 03, 2022
Life plan community occupancy was 85.7% in the fourth quarter of 2021, up 0.3 percentage points from the third quarter and 1.4 percentage points from a pandemic low seen in the first two quarters of the...
Skilled nursing operators should ‘embrace the change’ precipitated by pandemic challenges: Ziegler
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2022
The pandemic shows no signs of going away any time soon, but companies still must focus on strategic goals in 2022, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler.
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...