Steve's Senior Care Blog

Seniors Housing Weekly Update -- What Matters at a CCRC
  March 26, 2013. 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe. Spending time in a CCRC provides a window into resident thinking. What Matters at a CCRC I just spent the past five days in what I would call a modest upscale CCRC, and while I’m not...
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EXPERT OPINION: A Conversation with Laverne Joseph
In this "Expert Opinion" interview, Dr. Laverne Joseph, President and CEO, Retirement Housing Foundation, discusses affordable senior apartments, constraints on growth, service coordinators, Washington, and more...... Watch the video...
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Seniors Housing Weekly Update -- Cap Rates and Risk
  March 19, 2013. 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe. Interest rates are down and cap rates are not, which means that risk is appropriately priced. Cap Rates and Risk Our 18th Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report will be going to the...
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Seniors Housing Weekly Update -- Brookdale and Emeritus Need Better PR
  March 12, 2013. 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe. Making airwaves for all the wrong reasons, the two industry giants are facing public relations problems in California. Brookdale and Emeritus Need Better PR For the past week, all the...
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EXPERT OPINION: A Conversation with Bill Kaplan
In this "Expert Opinion" interview, Bill Kaplan, Co-Founder and Chairman, Senior Lifestyle Corporation, discusses shifts in seniors housing, REITs, seniors housing values, market rate properties, acquisitions, and more...... Watch the...
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Seniors Housing Weekly Update -- Record Prices for Assisted Living
  March 5, 2013. 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe. Assisted living per-unit prices hit record, skilled nursing per-bed prices nearly hit record. Record Prices for Assisted Living We are diligently working on our annual Senior Care...
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Seniors Housing Weekly Update -- Assisted Living Concepts Sold
  February 26, 2013. 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe. At long last, the board found a buyer to take the company private at $12.00 per share. Assisted Living Concepts Sold We were wondering why Assisted Living Concepts had made no...
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EXPERT OPINION: A Conversation with Bill Pettit
In this "Expert Opinion" interview, Bill Pettit, President and Chief Operating Officer, Merrill Gardens, discusses surviving the Great Recession, memory care, assisted living, Health Care REIT, and more......... Watch the video ...
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Seniors Housing Weekly Update -- Investing In Non-Traded REITs
  February 19, 2013. 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe. KKR sees an opportunity in the small REIT market, but it may not be the only one. Investing In Non-Traded REITs As we all know, there has been much focus on the large health care REITs...
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Seniors Housing Weekly Update -- A Rating for Seniors Housing Communities
  February 12, 2013. 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe. Anything positive helps a senior living community increase traffic, so why not a top rating? A Rating for Seniors Housing Communities What’s in a rating? For the U.S. government,...
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