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The first quarter of 2015 has not yet ended, but it looks like a big year for real estate investment in senior housing. Chartwell Retirement Residents, an Ontario-based company, plans to exit the [...]

The Baby Boomer generation is aging. Out of the 23 million single baby boomers, 15 million do not have children. According to the recent retirement study conducted by Merrill Lynch, 52 percent of [...]

We live in a world where we are extremely vulnerable to hackers and security breaches. That is the risk of the electronic age. With huge companies such as Target and Home Depot falling victim to [...]

AEDs, or automated external defibrillators, have gained widespread use as emergency resuscitation devices to treat cardiac arrest.  The devices help evaluate the distressed individual’s cardiac [...]

REITs, or “real estate investment trusts,” are a hot topic in the healthcare finance industry.  While some caution(and have done so for years) that they can’t maintain their current rapid growth [...]

A common question related to senior housing, particularly senior housing that has minimum age requirements, asks whether that violates anti-discrimination laws.  The short answer is usually no, [...]

Every year, Seniorhomes.com, a website designed to help consumers find the perfect senior living facility for themselves or a family member, comes out with its list of top provider websites. [...]

February is a month short on days but not on action in the senior housing industry.  The following are a few notablerenovations or expansions that kicked off or wrapped up last month.  We [...]

In 2014, senior housing real estate transactions surpassed the $25 billion mark. Further, there were a number of high profile mergers and acquisitions, most notably the $2.8 billion [...]

Recently, Senior Housing News published an article related to Senior Housing Technology entitled “Why Senior Living is a Prime Target for Hackers.”  The article focused on the business-side risk [...]