November 2015 - Livistry

Senior Living Nutrition Goes National

Heather Brown Long-Term Care, Trends November 28, 2015

According to Senior Housing News, First Lady Michele Obama’s MyPlate initiative has its first senior living partner. Virginia-based Sunrise Senior Living has joined General Electric, The Walt Disney Company, and Frito-Lay as an official strategic partner with the Department of Agriculture’s Center for Nutrition ...Read More

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IT Outsourcing May Keep Senior Living Solvent

Heather Brown Technology, Trends November 27, 2015

A Black Book survey of hospital CFOs may have implications for senior living facilities. The survey reveals that revenue cycle management (RCM) may be the largest determiner of hospital viability, which is increasingly impacted by the demands of electronic health records (EHR) and the electronic ...Read More

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3 Tech Startups Changing Home Health Care

Heather Brown In-Home Care, Technology November 23, 2015

On average, 10,000 people turn 65 each year. The signs are already there in senior housing development design and the evolution of luxury retirement options. But what about seniors who want to stay home or can’t afford a retirement community? For large numbers of retirement-age ...Read More

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Venture Capital Finds Home Care Software

Heather Brown In-Home Care, Technology, Trends November 18, 2015

According to Business Wire, home care software provider ClearCare has secured strategic funding from McKesson Ventures, venture capital arm of McKesson Corporation. This is significant as more Americans choose to age in place and point of care shifts increasingly toward the home. ClearCare home ...Read More

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Report: Managed Care Consolidation Advised as Medicaid Growth Matures

Heather Brown Trends November 16, 2015

This month’s report from PricewaterhouseCoopers warns managed care organizations (MCOs) to watch their Medicaid enrollment numbers. More states are turning to the support of private health plans as their budgets are squeezed by growing Medicaid-eligible populations. In turn, private plans “have emerged over the ...Read More

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5 Luxury Senior Living Trends Driving Development Today

Heather Brown Senior Housing, Trends November 14, 2015

There’s no doubt about it, baby boomers are changing the face of retirement living. Andrew Carle, of George Mason University’s senior housing administration program, says the generation now coming of retirement age has revolutionized “virtually every product and service in the American marketplace.” He ...Read More

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Senior Living Communities: Assess Your Sales and Marketing Landscape

Heather Brown Senior Housing, Technology November 13, 2015

Enquire Solutions has a new senior living management report to help bring your senior living sales and marketing to the next level. Experts have long praised the value of self-assessment in education. Corporate storytellers also recognize it as foundational to effective brand strategy. Enquire’s report card provides shared ...Read More

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Transitional Care Development Heightens Industry Competition

Heather Brown Regulations, Senior Housing, Trends November 11, 2015

According to Senior Housing News, two new players are meeting demands in post-acute care with an innovative $150 million pipeline project. Wellbrook and National Healthcare Realty (NHR) have partnered to develop 20 transitional care properties over the next three years in New Mexico, Arizona, ...Read More

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Wellness Activities Boost Senior Living Resident Satisfaction

Heather Brown Senior Housing, Technology November 2, 2015

The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) and ProMatura have teamed up on a new wellness benchmark report. The report aggregates responses from 86 CRCCs and 24 independent living or independent-living-plus-assisted-living communities. According to Margaret Wylde, Ph.D., CEO of ProMatura Group, speaking in this McKnight’s ...Read More

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Social Media Use On the Rise for Older Adults

Heather Brown Technology, Trends November 1, 2015

A new Pew Research Center survey reports 65% of adults use social media today, a tenfold increase from ten years ago. Among those 65 and older, usage has tripled in just five years. Today, 35% of older adults report using at least one form of ...Read More

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Monthly Archive:: November 2015