March 2016 - Livistry

Step Up to the Plate: The Pitch for Senior Living Sales

Heather Brown Senior Housing, Trends March 28, 2016

Spring’s the time to put a house on the market, and many senior living prospects are past their holiday move-in reluctance. In preparation for the new season, the sales experts at Senior Living Smart have compiled a spring training manual to help you step up ...Read More

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CareCap and At Need Credit Announce Alliance with Funeral Funding Leaders

Heather Brown Long-Term Care, News March 23, 2016

BELLEVUE, Wash., March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — While it’s never easy to tell customers they can’t afford something, it can be downright heartbreaking for professionals working in the funeral industry. But now, thanks to a new alliance formed by five financial service organizations, those types ...Read More

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AFL-CIO HIT Invests $14.8 Million in Senior Cooperative on Glen Lake in Minnetonka

Heather Brown News, Senior Housing March 22, 2016

MINNETONKA, Minn., March 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) today announced a $14.8 million investment into the Zvago Cooperative project, a 54-unit, four-story cooperative for seniors. The project will create approximately 210 jobs across all area business sectors, including 85 ...Read More

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InfoBionic Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for MoMe® Kardia

Heather Brown Long-Term Care, Technology March 16, 2016

LOWELL, Mass., March 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — InfoBionic, Inc. today announced that it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for MoMe® Kardia, a wireless, remote monitoring system designed to aid physicians in their diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with ...Read More

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Enquire Solutions Releases 2015 Senior Living Sales and Marketing Benchmarks

Heather Brown Technology, Trends March 11, 2016

Senior living software leader Enquire Solutions released a new annual report this week that benchmarks sales and marketing data for the industry. The report charts appointment ratios, average contacts, tours by inquiry, and market sources. Enquire found senior living operations that use call centers ...Read More

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Report: First of Quarterly NIC Skilled Nursing Data

Heather Brown Senior Housing, Trends March 10, 2016

Since October of 2011, the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care has been building a database of skilled nursing providers. This week they’ve released the first of what they intend to be quarterly data reports. Approximately 1500 properties contributed to the current ...Read More

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Japan’s Growing Elderly Population Raises Delicate Questions of Care

Heather Brown Long-Term Care, Technology March 10, 2016

As reported by Marketplace yesterday, Japan is facing an acute crisis of long-term care. Japan is the oldest country in the world by percentage, with a falling birthrate and a rising dilemma: Who will care for the nation’s elderly? Tapping the foreign labor pool ...Read More

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The Increasing Digital Reliance of Caregivers (Edelman Study)

Heather Brown Long-Term Care, Technology, Trends March 4, 2016

Who are the caregivers seeking content to help them make crucial health decisions? How can your brand reach them most effectively? A January study from Edelman of 1500 adults online provides key insights into the reliance levels, content demands, trust, and sharing practices of digital ...Read More

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CMS Brings Interoperable Tech to Long-Term Care

Heather Brown Long-Term Care, Technology March 3, 2016

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday an initiative to improve technological connectivity between Medicaid providers. Long-term care and other sectors that have been slower to adopt emerging technologies will receive funding to help “enhance the sustainability of health information exchanges” ...Read More

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EB-5 Extended With “Fix-it or Nix-it” Admonishments

Heather Brown Senior Housing March 3, 2016

With “fix-or-nix” admonishments, lawmakers have extended the popular EB-5 financing program through September of 2016. The program provides U.S. residency visas to foreign investors in real estate developments that provide at least 10 permanent jobs in targeted employment areas (TEAs). In the 25 years ...Read More

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Monthly Archive:: March 2016