Tim Regan

Chicago

Editor at Senior Housing News

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Senior Living Industry Progresses in Care, Lags in Growth

1 week ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

If you’re interested in learning about and discussing the future of assisted living, check out our RETHINK Conference, taking place Aug. 18-20 in Chicago. Click here for more information and to register. The senior living industry is readying new care models for a new customer, including by bringing more hospitality features into assisted living and baking more care into independent living. But lack of new development is holding the industry back from its true next iteration.
Senior Living Model Evolves as Older Adults Become Universities’ ‘New Customers’

1 month ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

Senior living and university pairings are nothing new, but in 2025, the model is evolving and accelerating into its next form. This week, Varcity – a company that builds residential retirement villages on the campuses of U.S. colleges – announced its newest project, a community undertaken in partnership with Texas A&M University.
Amy Silva-Magalhaes, Chief Operating Officer, Ultimate Care Management

1 month ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

Meet Amy Silva-Magalhaes, chief operating officer of New York-based Ultimate Care Management, a division of B2K Development, and manager of The Bristal communities located across New York and New Jersey. From her first executive director role at age 24 to overseeing all operations for The Bristal today, Silva-Magalhaes is no stranger to the pace of change in senior living.
Changemakers: Laurie Schultz, Principal and Co-Founder, Avenue Development

1 month ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

Meet Laurie Schultz, principal and co-founder of Avenue Development, an Indianapolis-based developer of active adult, health care, post-acute care and senior living communities across the U.S. Prior to her work with Avenue Development, Schultz developed projects in medical ambulatory care, post-acute rehab, senior housing and market rate apartments exceeding $1.5 billion in value.
Changemakers: Jim Lydiard, CEO, Centered Care

1 month ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

Meet Jim Lydiard, CEO of Centered Care, a health care analytics and services organization with the mission of providing “a complete, connected and compassionate service for seniors.” Lydiard, who has worked previously for both payers and most recently as chief strategy officer at Pine Park Health, took the helm at Centered Care in early 2025 following the company’s acquisition by the Senior Living Transformation Co. As CEO of Centered Care, Lydiard works to launch and lead the company’s...
Amy Silva-Magalhaes, Chief Operating Officer, Ultimate Care Management

1 month ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

Meet Amy Silva-Magalhaes, chief operating officer of New York-based Ultimate Care Management, a division of B2K Development, and manager of The Bristal communities located across New York and New Jersey. From her first executive director role at age 24 to overseeing all operations for The Bristal today, Silva-Magalhaes is no stranger to the pace of change in senior living.
Sonida Senior Living Leans Into Acquisition Strategy as Development Yields Remain ‘Nonexistent’

1 month ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA) is growing via acquisitions in 2025, and the company will stay on that course so long as development of new communities stays tough. In 2024, the Dallas-based senior living operator took on 20 new communities in states such as Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, representing about $258 million in gross assets, according to its first-quarter 2025 earnings presentation.
AI, Events, Incentives: Inside New Sales and Marketing Strategies of Atria, Discovery, Heritage Communities

1 month ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

AI-powered roleplaying, events catered to adult children, more targeted and creative incentives and follow-up – these are just a few of the ways senior living sales and marketing teams are changing things up for new prospects. Senior living operators say that a growing number of prospective residents and their families are doing prior to even contacting a senior living community. That presents sales and marketing teams with a unique challenge – and an opportunity.
Why More Senior Living Operators Are Calling In Operational SWAT Teams

1 month ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

In the last week or so, several senior living operators have shared how they are deploying teams to rapidly respond to operational issues on the ground. Some are calling it the “SWAT team” approach. I first heard the term on Brookdale Senior Living’s (NYSE: BKD) most recent earnings call, where it was used to describe how the nation’s largest senior living operator is turning around communities with occupancy under 80% occupancy.
‘Invest Intelligently’: Watermark’s New CEO Sets Sights On Improvement, Stabilization

1 month ago | seniorhousingnews.com | Tim Regan

New Watermark Retirement Communities CEO Paul Boethel has his eye on stabilization and improvement. Boethel took the reins last month at the Tucson, Arizona-based senior living operator after founders David Freshwater and David Barnes stepped back from their roles. Now that he is CEO, Boethel is stewarding the operator into a new period of evolution, with growth and better outcomes on his mind.