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Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Regional Occupancy Performance, Part 1

Expanding on a recent NIC blog post that detailed care segment performance in the NIC MAP® 31 Primary Markets since the most recent Q42014 market cycle peak, and another blog post that went a step further and examined segment market fundamentals within Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs, also referred to as life plan communities) compared with those in non-CCRC freestanding…
Topics: CCRC, Data, Independent Living, Managed Care, Nursing Care, Occupancy, Research, Senior Living, Seniors Housing
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Economy Adds 2.64 million Jobs in 2018

Over the year, the U.S. economy added 2.64 million jobs, making it the third best year for job growth since the recession a decade ago and the third best year since 2000. The Labor Department also reported that there were 312,000 jobs created in the U.S. economy in December, well above the consensus expectation of 176,000. This was the 99th…
Topics: Data, Demographics, Economy, Job, Jobs Report, Labor, Managed Care, Market Study, Nursing Care, Occupancy, Research, Revenue, Senior Living, Seniors Housing, Skilled Nursing, U.S. Economy, Unemployment, Volume
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NIC Skilled Nursing Data Report: Key Takeaways from the Third Quarter 2018

Occupancy Edged Up To 82.2% in Q3 2018 Managed Medicare Revenue Mix Reached 10%  NIC released its third quarter 2018 Skilled Nursing Data Report last week, which includes key monthly data points from January 2012 through September 2018.  The report also includes the latest urban vs. rural comparative data points as well as revenue mix trends.  Here are some key…
Topics: Data, Occupancy, Research, Skilled Nursing, U.S. Economy
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November Unemployment Rate Unchanged at Lowest Level in Nearly 50 Years

The unemployment rate remained low at 3.7% in November, which is the lowest rate since December 1969. The jobless rate remains well below the rate of what is generally believed to be the “natural rate of unemployment” of 4.5%, which suggests that upward pressure on wage rates will continue. Further indications that this is in fact starting to occur were…
Topics: Data, Demographics, Economy, Job, Jobs Report, Research, U.S. Economy, Unemployment
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Seniors Housing Penetration Rates: Variation over Time, Variation Across Metropolitan Markets

Penetration rates vary across markets and across time.  Some of the variation may be due to differing demand factors such as population and household growth and size, consumer preferences, familiarity and comfort with the product, changes in the composition of inventory, and cultural influences. This blog post explores some of this variation. The chart above shows the ordinal ranking of…
Topics: Data, Demographics, Economy, Inventory, Occupancy, Research, Senior Living, Seniors Housing
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