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Senior Living Research

The following articles are designed to educate and inform the public of reports, research and facts and figures related to the senior living community.

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2/22/2012
Acquisitions, CEO, Partnerships, Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
The increased activity of REITs, numerous mergers and acquisitions, and new financing opportunities have altered the seniors housing market over the p...
 
2/14/2012
CEO, cheatsheet, Community Awareness and Education
The Assisted Living Disclosure Collaborative has created a new disclosure form to be tested in eight states. The form will be used by assisted living ...
 
2/7/2012
ALFA Conference & Expo, CEO, cheatsheet, Health and Wellness, Hospice, Managed Risk
When a resident decides to purposefully stop eating and drinking, senior living communities must consider a number of legal, ethical, and medical fact...
 
2/7/2012
cheatsheet, Employee Compensation, Reports
A new report based on 2011 data takes an in-depth look at salaries and benefits for a variety of positions in assisted living communities across the c...
 
2/3/2012
CEO
Last year, the Minnesota legislature created a requirement, mandating that all individuals - even individuals paying privately - undergo mandatory cou...
 
1/31/2012
CEO, cheatsheet, Memory Care Education
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) recently released Draft Framework for the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease notably o...
 
1/31/2012
cheatsheet, Public Policy
A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives would extend the dependent care credit to include expenses related to caring for parents and gra...
 
1/25/2012
cheatsheet, Public Policy
Minnesota’s policy to require counseling before moving into senior living communities went into effect last October. Most consumers have shunned the n...
 
1/25/2012
cheatsheet, Labor Relations
The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) along with the National Right to Work Foundation and the National Federation of Independent Business re...
 
1/25/2012
CEO
Last year ALFA supported passage of the National Alzheimer's Project Act. This landmark legislation called for the appointment of a task force to work...
 
1/18/2012
cheatsheet, Financing Senior Living – Consumer Education, Medicaid, Medicare
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued a brief analyzing how raising the eligibility age for Medicare and Social Security would affect benef...
 
1/18/2012
CEO, cheatsheet, Growth Strategies, Investment To Grow
Sharing its industry expertise, ALFA will be mentoring India’s first and only senior living association through a new partnership aimed at improving q...
 
1/10/2012
cheatsheet, Memory Care Education
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an initial framework for a national plan addressing Alzheimer’s disease. The framework ...
 
1/10/2012
CEO, Labor Relations, Public Policy
President Obama made three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) late last week. Senate Republicans responded by asking for...
 
1/10/2012
cheatsheet
By popular demand, ALFA has extended the deadline for all award nominations until COB January 27, 2012. So, you still have time to participate in one...
 
12/27/2011
ALFA, CEO, cheatsheet, Public Policy
The examples below are a condensed snapshot of the excellent advocacy efforts, collaboration, industry accomplishments and events that shaped the year...
 
12/20/2011
CEO, cheatsheet, Community Awareness and Education
Data from the Federal government’s first national survey of residential long term care providers has been released. The survey, participated in by man...
 
12/15/2011
CEO, cheatsheet, Public Policy
The Senate Special Committee on Aging commemorated its fiftieth anniversary by holding a forum, where panelists discussed the committee’s past accompl...
 
12/12/2011
CEO
Terri Pla, Vice President, Healthcare, National Healthcare Career Network has announced the addition of two new NHCN partners. “We are very excited th...
 
12/6/2011
Award Programs, CEO, cheatsheet, Hero Awards
ALFA has opened nominations for the ALFA 2012 Hero Awards, the organization’s annual recognition of the hundreds of thousands of dedicated professiona...
 
12/1/2011
cheatsheet, Hearings, Labor Relations, Public Policy
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R. 3094) on Nov. 30 by a vote of 235-188. The legislation was fi...
 
12/1/2011
CEO, cheatsheet, Hearings, Labor Relations, Public Policy
On November 30, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held a public meeting to discuss a resolution announced a day earlier by NLRB Chairman Mark ...
 
11/28/2011
Award Programs, CEO, cheatsheet
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) is now accepting submissions for the annual ALFA Senior Living Art Showcase, an art competition for r...
 
11/22/2011
cheatsheet, Facts and Figures, Financing Senior Living – Consumer Education
The U.S Census Bureau released a report analyzing demographics of those who are at least ninety years old. Most of these elders relied heavily on Soci...
 
11/22/2011
cheatsheet, Financing Senior Living – Consumer Education
A new survey indicates that most middle class Americans plan to save up a specific amount before retiring and put less emphasis on a given retirement ...
 
11/22/2011
cheatsheet, Community Awareness and Education
A study of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender seniors finds that LGBT seniors experience higher levels of disability and social isolation than th...
 
11/17/2011
Award Programs, Best of the Best Awards, cheatsheet
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), the largest national association representing senior living providers and the seniors and families t...
 
11/15/2011
cheatsheet, Community Awareness and Education, Consumer Intelligence, Growth Strategies, Health and Wellness, Hospice, Reports, Research
A new survey asked physicians to evaluate the importance of palliative care and current barriers to providing effective end of life care. Comparing re...
 
11/8/2011
cheatsheet, Facts and Figures, Memory Care Education, Reports
A new report released earlier this week by the Alzheimer’s Association sheds light on the various needs enactment of the National Alzheimer’s Project ...
 
10/11/2011
CEO, cheatsheet, Labor Relations
House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) has introduced the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act to help prevent changes to ...

2011 Largest Providers

2011 Largest Assisted Living Providers

Senior Living Executive, the award-winning magazine of the Assisted Living Federation of America, has released its much-anticipated annual list of the Largest Senior Living Providers in the assisted living business. The list features the industry's Top 80 Largest Senior Living Providers - giving readers and industry watchers a broad view of the competitive assisted living (AL) and senior living landscape.

2009 Overview of Assisted Living

Overview of Assisted Living

This data-packed research report of more than 50 pages provides senior housing providers, associations and other professionals with essential facts and figures about assisted living to help define the business to investors, media, consumers and others and is the most comprehensive effort to detail key benchmarks in the assisted living business. Free for Members | Non-Member Price: $125.00. Get the report now.

Please feel free to download the table of contents and information on the Methodology and Data Analysis Link Icon to better acquaint yourself with this publication.

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