NIC Academy Special Topics Courses
8 Unique Courses.
One destination for senior housing education.
Specialized Knowledge for a Complex Sector
NIC Academy’s Special Topics courses help investment professionals, operators, and developers build targeted knowledge in senior housing and care — flexibly, practically, and on their schedule.
Industry experts teach each course, covering 4–6 hours of content you can take on your own timeline. Each course is offered fully online and asynchronously, with focused curriculum built around the specific disciplines that drive decision-making in senior housing.
Available Courses
Wellness in Senior Housing
$950
How wellness amenities, programming, and community design drive occupancy, retention, and NOI across property types.
Course Outline
The Financial Impact of Wellness Programming · Enhancing Resident Well-Being and Life Satisfaction · Operationalizing Wellness for Strategic Advantage · Case Study: WellRun Senior Living’s Wellness Program Implementation · Emerging Trends and Future Opportunities
Risk Management: Operational & Financial
$950
A framework for identifying, quantifying, and mitigating the operational and financial risks unique to senior housing portfolios.
Course Outline
Introduction to Insurance for Operational Risk · Property Coverage · Casualty · Other Insurances for Operational Risk · Technological Innovations & Emerging Trends · Interest Rate Hedging · Prepayments & Defeasance
Foundations of Skilled Nursing
$950
Clinical, operational, and regulatory essentials for investment professionals entering or expanding in the skilled nursing sector.
Course Outline
Evolution of the Skilled Nursing Industry: A Historical Perspective · The Industry’s Regulatory and Financial Framework · Key Elements of Skilled Nursing Operations and Management · Future Trends and Innovations in Skilled Nursing Care
Underwriting Sales in Senior Housing
$950
Evaluate sales team effectiveness, model lease-up assumptions, and stress-test occupancy ramp — closing the gap between pro forma and performance.
Course Outline
Introduction to Underwriting Sales · Financial Insights, Challenges & Opportunities · Diagnosing Underperformance in Senior Living Communities · Optimizing Sales & Marketing · Turning Around a Failing Asset · Financial Impact of Operational Improvements
Value-Based Care
$950
The shift toward value-based reimbursement and what it means for senior housing operators, lenders, and equity investors — payment model mechanics and strategic positioning.
Course Outline
Medicare, National Health Expenditures, and the Shift to VBC · Introduction to VBC · Implementing VBC Models · Measuring and Improving Quality of Care · Value-Based Economics · Emerging Trends and Future Opportunities
Active Adult Communities
$950
Demographics, product types, site selection, underwriting, and operating metrics for the fastest-growing segment in senior housing.
Course Outline
Introduction to Active Adult Housing: Definitions and Evolution · Supply and Demand Drivers and Attributes of Successful Site Locations · Entitlement and Development Best Practices · Underwriting and Operating Metrics · Marketing, Leasing, and Resident Engagement Strategies · Operational, Transactional, and Investment Performance Data · Innovations and Emerging Trends
Empowering Senior Housing with AI
$950
Practical applications of large language models and generative AI for operators, investors, and developers — automation, decision support, and market intelligence.
Senior Housing for Equity Investors
$250
A one-hour introductory overview of investment structures, market dynamics, and returns analysis for institutional and private equity investors new to the sector.
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