Assisted Living
Properties that provide supportive care from trained employees. Residents are unable to live independently and require assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs).
Assisted Living Resources
Choice vs. Necessity: Why Independent Living Holds Pricing Power in 2025
The pricing power in senior housing is no longer uniform; it is stratified by segments and shaped by turnover, affordability pressures, and the balance between choice and care necessity. The second quarter of 2025 reinforced an important theme for the senior housing industry. Independent living (IL),…
Studios Still Matter, But Space Is Gaining Traction: What Unit Mix Trends Reveal
In this article, NIC Analytics revisits senior housing unit mix (the proportion of studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom units, and increasingly, even three-bedroom or larger units), and occupancy trends across independent living (IL) and assisted living (AL) properties using data from the second quarter of 2025. The analysis offers a current snapshot…
1Q2025 Actual Rate Trends: Independent Living Rate Growth Surges While Assisted Living Slows
Data from the recently released 1Q 2025 NIC MAP Actual Rates Report show that: Independent living properties continued to report strong year-over-year rate growth across all rate categories in the first quarter of 2025. Between December 2024 and March 2025, in-place rates rose 0.7 percentage points (pps), pushing annual growth to…