NIC Notes

Insights in Seniors Housing & Care

Ideas and Discussion  |  Market Trends  |  Senior Housing

Where and How Do Boomers Want to Live  As They Age?

By: Beth Mace  |  December 03, 2019

As we age, where will we want to live? And as importantly, how will we want to live? It’s a decision that faces many of us today, either directly for ourselves or indirectly for our elderly parents. In a recent front-page Wall Street Journal article, Peter Grant drew attention to and rightfully addressed this question, as nearly 13 million older Americans face this decision today and as the massive wave of 72 million baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 gradually approach the time where post-retirement lifestyle choices will once again need to be made.

CCRC  |  Market Trends  |  Senior Housing

CCRC Market Trends: 3Q 2019

By: Lana Peck  |  November 25, 2019

As the seniors housing and care industry's leading data provider, NIC tracks occupancy, asking rents, demand, supply, and construction data for independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing properties—and both for-profit and nonprofit continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs, also known as life plan communities). The following narrative describes CCRC occupancy as of the third quarter 2019, supply and demand, asking rent growth, and construction trends in the combined primary and secondary markets,

Senior Housing

Buyer Activity Strong in 3Q as Pricing Picks Up

By: Bill Kauffman  |  November 19, 2019

The U.S. seniors housing and care transactions market saw a slight drop in dollar volume in the third quarter of 2019 from the previous quarter. However, measured by the number of transactions closed year-to-date in 2019, the market seems to be very active on a relative basis. Judging by interest from investors, especially from the private buyers (discussed further below), this trend is likely to continue in the short-term barring any liquidity or economic shocks.

Ideas and Discussion  |  Market Trends  |  Senior Housing

Driving Innovation Through Consumer Insights

By: NIC  |  November 15, 2019

A mop and a café might not sound innovative to most seniors housing operators. But when presented with the product development strategy that conceived the successful Swiffer® cleaning tool and the Capital One® banking cafés, attendees at the 2019 NIC Fall Conference learned that the process for true innovation applies across all industries.

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