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Six Key Drivers Shaping the Future of Senior Living: Key Driver #2

By: Bob Kramer  |  August 09, 2022

The Endemic Staffing Crisis NIC Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor Robert Kramer has identified “Six Key Drivers” that will shape the senior living industry over the next 10 years. Kramer is also Founder & Fellow at Nexus Insights, a think tank to advance the well-being of older adults through innovative models of housing, community, and healthcare. NIC Notes is publishing a bi-weekly series detailing each key driver. View the first two installments. What follows is an analysis of the second key driver: the workforce.

Business Environment  |  Ideas and Discussion  |  Senior Housing  |  Six Key Drivers

Six Key Drivers Shaping the Future of Senior Living: Key Driver #1

By: Bob Kramer  |  July 26, 2022

The COVID-19 Pandemic. NIC Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor Robert Kramer has identified “Six Key Drivers” that will shape the senior living industry over the next 10 years. Kramer is also Founder & Fellow at Nexus Insights, a think tank to advance the well-being of older adults through innovative models of housing, community, and healthcare. NIC Notes will publish a bi-weekly series detailing each key driver. View the introduction to the series. What follows is an analysis of the first key driver: the pandemic.

Business Environment  |  Ideas and Discussion  |  Senior Housing  |  Six Key Drivers

Six Key Drivers Shaping the Future of Senior Living

By: Bob Kramer  |  July 12, 2022

NIC Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor Robert Kramer has identified “Six Key Drivers” that will shape the senior living industry over the next 10 years. Kramer is also Founder & Fellow at Nexus Insights, a think tank to advance the well-being of older adults through innovative models of housing, community and healthcare. NIC Notes will publish a bi-weekly series detailing each key driver. What follows is an introduction to the series. What will the senior housing and care environment look like in 2032? It’s a question that has broad implications for the decisions we make today.

Economic Trends  |  Senior Housing  |  Workforce

Why “Silver Tsunami” is an Ageist Term

By: Bob Kramer  |  September 09, 2019

No one ever thinks of anything good coming from a Tsunami. A Tsunami is an unmitigated disaster of unparalleled proportions, that causes mass destruction in its wake. The phrase, “Silver Tsunami,” even as it’s used within the aging field, furthers an old and outdated view of aging; it also undercuts society’s ability to see the opportunities that arise from the incredible achievement of lengthening the average American lifespan by over 30 years just in the past century.

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