As senior housing providers gear up for a decade of seismic transformation, four industry leaders joined forces at SLIF...

In 2022, Jack York of iN2L fame came to SLIF and told us he was going to spend the next year driving around the country...

The so-called Great Resignation of 2021 and 2022 had dire ramifications for senior living and many other industries,...

The time has come for senior living providers to embrace ESG principles, according to Lynne Katzmann, CEO of Juniper...

At the Senior Living Innovation Forum, healthcare experience design leader Lindsey Mosby issued a challenge: "Lead with...

At first glance, senior living communities and universities seem unlikely partners—one's mission centers on caring for...

It takes equal parts clarity and courage for senior living operators to leverage new technologies effectively. Not only...

In healthcare, the term triple aim refers to the threefold goal of improving population health, improving the...

When longevity expert Ryan Frederick, Founder & CEO of Here, argues that place is essential to a healthy life, he...

Like pretty much everyone else in the world, we at SLIF have been blown away by recent advancements in generative...

The senior living industry can’t catch a break. With the worst of the pandemic behind them, operators now face the...

Before it was an app you could use to identify music, Shazam was a number you called from a pre-smartphone mobile...

The senior living industry doesn’t have a workforce problem: it has a culture problem. So argues Denise Boudreau,...

The last three years have been transformative for the senior living industry, which rose admirably to face an endless...

When Bob Kramer looks back at the history of senior living, the co-founder and strategic advisor at NIC and principal...

■ ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI, can provide personalized recommendations and support for residents...

When Priority Life Care took over 17 senior living communities previously operated by Eclipse Senior Living, the Fort...

Once upon a time, in a faraway land called Amelia Island, Florida, a young vacationer accidentally left his beloved...

Like many great stories, the story of visionary art collective Meow Wolf began with a decision to stop waiting for...

Earlier this year Enlivant became the first senior living operator to earn the WELL Health-Safety Rating for its entire...

It’s not just the Great Resignation. As W Lawson CEO Marvell Adams explained at the Senior Living Innovation Forum in...

In 2019, iN2L co-founder Jack York celebrated two birthdays: his 60th and iN2L’s 20th. This called for more than your...

The aging services industry could learn from the small northern California town where Patrick Bultema grew up.

As the world’s largest design firm, Gensler has more than a little experience creating unique buildings. With lengthy...

Too many seniors get caught up on a roller coaster of health care crises: being hospitalized after a sudden event –...

The senior living industry proved its ability to adapt to crisis during the Covid-19 pandemic, but it’s not out of the...

When Jake Rothstein tried to find a caregiver for his aging grandfather, he kept running into the same problem: there...

Building a strong company culture takes a wide-angle lens and an eagle’s eye for detail. It’s a never-ending mission...

In a recent SLIF MasterMind session, ten senior living executives came together to share how they are addressing the...

When Ryan Frederick, CEO of SmartLiving 360 was completing his MBA at Stanford, he spent a summer working for an...

There are 76.4 million Baby Boomers living in the US right now, of which 10,000 turn 65 every day. For senior living...

It’s estimated that by 2030, the number of Americans residing in senior living communities will double from where it is...

Digital transformation may sound cumbersome, but it’s a necessity for senior housing providers as they look to secure...

The senior housing industry has learned many lessons over the last two years, perhaps few more important than the need...

In his talk at the Senior Living Innovation Forum last month, Nexus Insights founder Bob Kramer argued that the...

At the 2021 Senior Living Innovation Forum, we hosted a Carnival Night sponsored by PointClickCare that featured rides,...

Understaffing. Underfunding. Equipment shortages. Inequalities of every stripe. The pandemic cast a cold spotlight on...

The policies and protocols of thousands of hotels, office buildings, airports and even schools have been reviewed and...

For many senior housing providers, the isolation residents endured during COVID brought the importance of experience...

“Wellness” has become a marketing buzzword in nearly every corner of the consumer products industry, but many of these...

The downturn in the hotel industry following the pandemic has created an opportunity that might just provide an answer...

Before making a large purchase, most consumers are likely to seek the opinions of others, whether trusted friends or...

More than three decades in, the senior living industry is prime for a transformation, according to experts in the field.

Early detection of health changes and proactive interventions can help senior living communities reduce the incidents...

A strong organizational culture is an aspirational goal for many senior housing leaders; something that’s important but...

Ensuring the safety of residents and staff while preserving a semblance of normalcy amid a global pandemic is no easy...

Senior living can learn some lessons from other industries on making opportunities out of this moment. In fact, its...

When it comes to real estate, space is expensive, especially in high-density urban areas. 

On the surface, Taco Bell and the senior living industry don’t seem to have much in common. Yet, amid the COVID-19...

The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on nearly every industry. From hospitality to office spaces to retail, the...

After enduring months of working from home, we knew our community of senior housing leaders might be feeling some...

In the slow-moving world of senior housing, COVID-19 has accelerated change in a number of ways, from telehealth to...

The senior housing industry is doing a remarkable job of caring for residents during COVID-19 and it's time for its...

At 70, Bob Kramer, the founder of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), has been busier than...

As senior living operators find innovative ways to reunite families and combat loneliness during the COVID-19 crisis,...

Over a decade ago, long before COVID-19 would drastically alter our world, Covia, (formerly Episcopal Senior...

Atlanta-based Thrive Senior Living made the decision to close their communities to outside visitors in response to the...

As the nation has transitioned into a 50-state, shelter-in-place lockdown, senior living communities are facing a...

The ever-expanding "gig economy" is having an impact across all industries, even usually slow-to-adapt senior housing,...

For nearly 18 months, each time a bell rang signaling the start of a meal, a resident of an Iowa senior living...

The key to creating brand loyalty is understanding deeply what the consumer wants and giving it to them consistently.

Will innovations in design and construction and technology transform senior housing over the next decade? 

As everyone begins to share their "End of Year" (and "End of Decade") lists we thought it was good timing to share some...

What does a career singer-songwriter have to tell folks in senior living about how to improve their industry? Plenty,...

Everyone in senior housing generally agrees that changes—BIG changes—are coming to the industry, and a lot of players...

Lynne Katzmann, founder and CEO of Juniper Communities, knows what it's like to sit at the kids' table. Growing up, she...

It’s not every day that an executive takes the stage at a conference and boldly shares the mistakes his organization...

Her supporters gave her the nickname “Hurricane Hazel” in recognition of her outspoken political style during her run...

Craig Patnode, President and CEO of Eldermark, believes that senior housing operators are leaving a lot of money on the...

In an age of accelerating technologies and market disruption, how can senior housing operators stay ahead of the pack?

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Bob Kramer, founder and strategic advisor of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), refers to...

Life rarely goes according to plan. Just ask Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, of Run-DMC, who never had any intention of getting...

Now in its fifth year, attracting close to 300 of the biggest players in senior housing alongside the nation’s top...

When senior living providers gather to envision the future and to share best practices, the voices of those they serve...

What’s on the minds of most senior housing leaders? With SLIF’19 just a few weeks away, we decided to conduct an...

You know that co-living, co-housing and other evolving forms of shared living space are officially on the radar when...

As the US economy experiences historically low unemployment rates, talent acquisition and retention remain a top...

The senior housing providers that “actively try to put themselves out of business” will be the most successful in 20...

The growing small house movement is one solution to the affordability challenge faced by middle- and lower-income...

The National Institute of Mental Health reports that 15% of U.S. seniors are living with clinical depression with even...

When Stacey Ferreira, 26, was in high school, she walked down the street and found an after school job with a Brookdale...

Senior housing providers will be in big trouble if they continue to ignore market demands for better health and...

When Rick Fedrizzi co-founded the US Green Building Council in 1993, to promote sustainability in the building and...

Before we bid adieu to 2018 we’ve rounded up our most popular articles of the past year.

Over the past few years, Apple, GE, Google, Samsung and many other Fortune 500 companies have adopted a Design Thinking...

Today’s youth are an altruistic bunch who actually want to help people. However, they prefer making their impact as...

By applying ingenuity and reaching out to Millennials, working parents, teens and younger seniors looking for...

Emphasizing the importance of data collection, PHRs and other recent advances, a quartet of senior living leaders...

Honor, a tech company based out of San Francisco, is building a business in an atypical market: senior care. The...

In a talk that offered fresh insights applicable to senior housing, futurist Brian Solis stressed the essential...

There are several ways senior living leaders can prepare for the incoming Silver Tsunami, as well as the...

The Great Place to Work Institute is an internationally renowned consulting firm that provides research, consulting,...

When 25-year-old Ken Schmidt joined Harley-Davidson in 1985 as their head of communications, some people questioned his...

When we asked attendees at SLIF18 what concerns and/or excites them about the future of the senior housing...

In an industry that’s stagnating despite a skyrocketing target demographic, how can senior housing providers jumpstart...

From restaurants to hospitality to IT, businesses across many industries are studying Airbnb’s meteoric rise.

While the...

After a generation of isolation in suburban and rural developments, seniors are rebelling, demanding residential...

Since it acquired Starwood Hotels & Resorts in 2016, Marriott International has become the world’s largest hotel chain,...

Speaking at a recent conference, HumanGood’s Chief Strategy Officer Dan Hutson asked his audience, “How many of you are...

If senior living could take just one lesson from Chick-fil-A, it should be this—focus like a laser beam on the hiring...

Popular in Europe and urban centers around the world, the concept of co-living is slowly gaining traction in North...

Since a falling tree left Rosemarie Rossetti in a wheelchair two decades ago, she and husband Mark Leder have been...

Less golf, more fun in the sun. That’s one of the demands of the active 55-70 year-olds filling up two Latitude...

Seattle-based Aegis Living is the inspiration of entrepreneur Dwayne J. Clark, known for creating a nurturing work...

In the next 20 years, millions of Baby Boomers will be 80 or older, pondering their next moves. For some, the obvious...

When Sue Petrovski’s husband began showing signs of dementia, they made the decision to move out of their home of many...

Understanding different generations is essential to effective resident engagment and employee recruitment in senior...

In an industry known for high turnover and resistance to change, what’s more important for senior living—trying to look...

An influx of single women, smart home technologies, environmental design, and the myriad demands of the boomer...

For almost two decades, Jack York has been offering senior living providers alternatives to BINGO and “Matlock” reruns...

For several years, Lantern Group CEO Jean Makesh has been passionately focused on developing new methods of caregiving...

Kian Saneii believes that to avoid obsolescence, the Senior Living Industry needs to take more of an early-adopter...

Speaking bluntly, Dr. Bill Thomas sees a clear divide between the present of senior living design and the future.

The future of senior living tech may involve a showdown between adult children who want 24-hour monitoring and the ...

Reward employees who go the extra mile, ban gossip, and let poor performers go after three months (rather than three...

As CEO of Mainstreet, the largest developer of skilled nursing facilities in the US, and other companies, Zeke Turner...

Innovative new projects and key challenges facing senior housing were on the table when a panel of four industry...

What’s the key to a long, healthy, interesting life? Nolan Bushnell may have found the answer over a rainy Christmas in...

Like many savvy entrepreneurs, Seth Sternberg recognized an industry ripe for disruption and launched a human services...

BOCA RATON, Fla., June 5, 2017 -- Dr. Bill Thomas, founder of The Eden Alternative and The Green House Project, took...

With the Senior Living Innovation Forum just a couple weeks away, we thought it would be fitting to jump-start the...

Who better to predict the future of senior living than the people who are driving the industry forward today? Through...

Government incentives have prompted senior living operators, hospitals and other care providers to collaborate and...

How much growth is too much? And, when an established company gets “too big,” is it possible to turn things around?...

Nolan Bushnell isn’t your average 74-year-old. Often cited as the "Father of the Video Game Industry", Bushnell is best...

Over the past few decades, technology and other productivity-boosting efficiencies have decimated America’s...

Founded in 1922 as a rural children’s home, over 90+ years The Good Samaritan Society has grown into the nation's...

It’s no secret there’s a significant staffing shortage in the senior care industry..

Senior Living leadership needs to take a lesson from Mary J. Blige—“No More Drama.” Achieving that goal requires a...

Lynne Katzmann of Juniper Communities believes coordination with the healthcare world is critical for senior living...

Myth: The aging demographic has no money.

Fact: The aging demographic has 70% of the wealth of our country, with two...

Scott Kaiser believes there’s more to successful senior living than just safety.

“So many of the innovations to making...

Zeke Turner believes that nursing homes as we know them will cease to exist.

“Like Blockbuster, they’ll be obsolete,”...

Healthcare futurist Ron Galloway’s approach to senior care combines pragmatism with a relentlessly positive view of...

In post-war America, the elderly looked forward to retirement in their early 60’s, collecting Social Security after...

From attracting Millennial workers to catering to a whole new breed of Baby Boomer retirees, the senior housing field...

A “buggy” in the era of the self-driving car, senior living executives say their industry is evolving at a sloth-like...

“Winning corporate cultures allow you to attract the best leaders,” said Tim Smick, President and CEO of Harbor...

Barbato is Senior Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships for Revera Living, a provider of senior...

A big fan of Kubrick’s 2001: a Space Odyssey, Ron Galloway believes that ambient intelligence – a kinder, gentler take...

Dr. Bill Thomas, Founder of the Eden Alternative and creator of The Green House Project gave a provocative, captivating...