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Market Trends  |  NIC MAP Vision  |  Senior Housing

NIC MAP Vision 3Q23 Key Takeaways: Senior Housing Occupancy Rate Increases for Ninth Consecutive Quarter

By: Caroline Clapp  |  October 20, 2023

NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-October on key senior housing data trends during the third quarter of 2023. Findings were presented by the NIC Analytics research team. Key takeaways included the following:

Ideas and Discussion  |  Senior Housing  |  Skilled Nursing  |  medicare

Frailty Research Highlights Senior Housing and Skilled Nursing’s Value Proposition

By: Ryan Brooks  |  September 26, 2023

New research from NORC at the University of Chicago, funded by a grant from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care, sheds light on older adults’ vulnerability to declining health outcomes before and after entering a senior housing and care property. The results of the study provide insights into understanding current and growing demand for senior housing. The study is the first in a four-part research series that assesses the health and well-being of seniors housing and care residents. Subsequent studies will provide insights on access to health care providers, longevity, and health outcomes of residents in senior living settings.

Market Trends  |  NIC MAP Vision  |  Senior Housing

Senior Housing All Occupancy on Track for a Ninth Consecutive Quarter of Gains

By: Omar Zahraoui  |  September 12, 2023

Senior housing all-occupancy is on track for a ninth consecutive quarterly gain, with a half percentage point increase in the first two months of the third quarter of 2023, i.e., July and August. The all-occupancy rate for senior housing for the 31 NIC MAP Primary Markets edged up to 84.2% in the August 2023 reporting period, up 0.1 percentage points (pps) from the July 2023 reporting period on a three-month rolling basis, according to intra-quarterly NIC MAP® data, released by NIC MAP Vision. From its pandemic record low of 77.8% in June 2021, senior housing all-occupancy increased by 6.4pps and is now 2.9pps below pre-pandemic March 2020 levels of 87.1%.

Senior Housing  |  healthcare  |  medicare

Understanding Frailty in Senior Housing Using Medicare Claims Data

By: Ryan Brooks  |  September 05, 2023

In a discussion addressing gaps in care at the 2023 NIC Spring Conference, Dr. Bruce Leff, Director of The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, addressed the importance of understanding the functional status of residents.

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