Business Environment | Executive Survey Insights | Market Trends | Senior Housing | Skilled Nursing
By: Ryan Brooks | October 20, 2022
“Increased acuity of residents at move-in is being reported across all care segments, driven by delayed move-ins, but the most cited challenge facing operators – reported by more than 90% of respondents in the Wave 46 survey – is rising operator expenses. Responses to questions on property and professional liability insurance provide additional insight into that sentiment. Just under one-tenth of respondents reported the degree of staffing shortages across their organization to be severe, representing the lowest share of respondents reporting severe staffing shortages in the time this question has been asked. Though labor challenges persist, this may represent a glimmer of relief to the longstanding staffing crisis. Further, the survey results indicate that rent concessions are being offered at fewer properties now than was the case in earlier parts of 2022."
Executive Survey Insights | Market Trends | Workforce
By: Ryan Brooks | September 23, 2022
“Just under one-fifth of respondents noted that the severity of staffing shortages across their organization was severe, while two-thirds indicated the problem was moderate. Regarding tenure of newly hired, full-time employees, on average, just under one-third (29%) of organizations kept more than 80% of new staff on the job after one month, which is down from the Wave 39 survey, conducted in March 2022, when just under one-half (46%) of respondents kept more than 80% on the job after one month.
Senior Housing | Skilled Nursing | healthcare
By: Ryan Brooks | September 14, 2022
Understanding the healthcare needs of residents of senior housing communities and nursing homes is imperative to best serve the population. In order to garner a better understanding of these healthcare needs and associated spending, NORC at the University of Chicago on behalf of NIC conducted a landmark study. Many residents use high-cost healthcare services including emergency rooms, acute inpatient hospitalization, and post-acute care, and across nearly every dimension analyzed, the data indicates frail and high healthcare cost residents. These factors all highlight an opportunity for value-based care organizations to partner with senior housing and skilled nursing operators.
Executive Survey Insights | Market Trends | Workforce
By: Ryan Brooks | August 25, 2022
Rising operating expenses now surpass staffing challenges as the most frequently cited response to the question from Wave 44 which asks about “the biggest challenge facing my organization today.” Employee turnover and attracting community and caregiving staff (which have traditionally been cited as the top challenges among survey respondents) are now coming in as the 2nd and 3rd biggest challenges organizations are confronted with. That said, a promising sign of relief to the long-standing labor market issues may be that 15% of responding organizations anticipate their staffing challenges will improve in the second half of 2022 and half of respondents (47%) anticipate their staffing challenges will improve in the first half of 2023.
