Ideas and insights to keep your
community growing

Looking for new ideas and strategies to stay ahead of today's difficult economy and keep your senior community on track? Share the following resources with your team to help you plan and prosper.

Ziegler Capital's "6 Strategies for Senior Living Providers in Challenging Economic Times" can help you formulate a clear direction for community stability and growth in today's market. Ziegler's strategies include:

1. Focusing on maintaining and building financial strength, including ways to enhance entrance fee management
2. Ensuring that existing properties are well maintained and positioned
3. Ensuring that you can provide services that meet your mission while maximizing returns, including a focus on independent living
4. Considering growth beyond your existing campus
5. Leading by providing opportunities for growth in knowledge of the senior sector
6. Connecting with your service providers to ensure maximum value-add to your organization

In a compelling white paper on resident satisfaction from the NIC titled, "Satisfied Residents Won't Recommend Your Community, But Very Satisfied Residents Will," high satisfaction is related to five attributes of the community: quality of daily life, dining flexibility, quality of personnel, personal control and comfort. Read more here.

Let Horst Construction help you formulate a budget for your capital improvement project. Contact Beth Mack at 717-581-9981.

Subscribe to Horst's "Best Practices in Senior Care Management" podcasts today.

Attend the "Energy Assessment Workshop for Commercial Buildings" on December 9, hosted by LIVE Green and the Lancaster County Center of Excellence in Renewable Energy.

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