NIC Notes

Insights in Seniors Housing & Care

Business Environment  |  COVID-19  |  Ideas and Discussion  |  Senior Housing

How to Align Win-Win Incentives

By: NIC  |  January 11, 2022

Senior Living investors and operators discuss innovative approaches. The pandemic has been a stress test like no other for owners, operators, and lenders alike. Lessons have been learned. But what’s the best way to align incentives among the stakeholders for success going forward?

COVID-19  |  Market Trends  |  Senior Housing  |  Workforce

U.S. Jobless Rate Falls to 3.9% in December

By: Beth Mace  |  January 07, 2022

The Labor Department reported that the jobless rate fell 0.3 percentage point to 3.9% in December, down 2.8 percentage points from year-earlier levels. The jobless rate is now 0.4 percentage points above the pre-pandemic level of 3.5% seen in February 2020, and well below the 14.7% peak seen in April 2020.

COVID-19  |  Market Trends  |  NIC MAP Vision  |  Senior Housing

Recovery in Senior Housing Demand Uneven Across Markets and Properties

By: Beth Mace and Omar Zahraoui  |  December 17, 2021

Since the start of the pandemic, senior housing properties have all experienced wide-ranging pandemic-related challenges, but the depth of the demand contraction has differed across markets. As senior housing demand began to recover in the second quarter of 2021 and registered its strongest increase the following quarter (3Q2021), NIC MAP® data, powered by NIC MAP Vision, shows that certain markets are recovering quickly, while others continue to lag. Due to the skewed pandemic impact the sector has experienced, the demand recovery paths and timelines are proving to be uneven across both markets and properties.

COVID-19  |  Market Trends  |  Senior Housing  |  Skilled Nursing

Monthly NIC Intra-Quarterly Snapshot Tracks Agility and Evolution

By: Omar Zahraoui  |  December 02, 2021

A Pandmeic Initiative In spring 2020, responding to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, NIC launched numerous initiatives to help senior living leaders understand and improve their responses to the crisis. Given the pace of change impacting the industry, NIC began to produce a high volume of relevant and timely data and analysis more frequently than ever before. In just a few months, NIC produced an entire suite of resources aimed at improving access to data and analysis relevant to the impact of COVID-19 on the senior housing and care industry. Part of that effort was to release the NIC Intra-Quarterly Snapshot  reports, which, like several other pandemic-related NIC initiatives, is still being produced today.  

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