Simply shy of 1,900 senior dwelling communities throughout the U.S. have earned a rating because the “finest” within the U.S.
U.S. Information & World Report on Monday launched its fourth “Greatest Senior Dwelling” listing, which charges senior dwelling communities primarily based on the whole lot from the facilities and meals to the employees and a notion of worth.
Like final 12 months, this 12 months’s listing contains a number of the largest senior dwelling operators within the U.S., similar to Brookdale (NYSE: BKD), Atria and Dawn Senior Dwelling.
In whole, 1,894 of the three,800 communities analyzed had been named to the listing for his or her providers in impartial dwelling, assisted dwelling, reminiscence care and persevering with care retirement (CCRC). This 12 months’s listing relies on 450,000 client satisfaction surveys from residents and their households, who rated communities on how effectively they supply security, caregiving, actions, administration, employees, meals and worth and different facets of group life.
Communities earn a finest designation by reaching a selected rating threshold within the classes of impartial dwelling, assisted dwelling and reminiscence care.
Among the many largest operators making the listing embrace:
- Dawn Senior Dwelling: 154 out of 231 communities
- Brookdale Senior Dwelling: 319 out of 632 communities
- Brightview Senior Dwelling: 43 out of 46 communities
- LCS: 32 out of 62 communities
- 5 Star Senior Dwelling: 67 out of 135 communities
- Senior Way of life: 32 out of 77 communities
- Ebenezer: 29 out of 42 communities
- Gardant Administration: 35 out of 81 communities
Customers can search the U.S. Information web site to seek out “finest” rated communities close to them. Activated Insights, Sensight Surveys and Holleran Consulting helped compile and accumulate the dataset underpinning this 12 months’s listing.
“We’re honored that so a lot of our communities proceed to be acknowledged 12 months after 12 months by U.S. Information & World Report as among the many finest in senior dwelling,” Chris Hen, LCS president and CEO, informed Senior Housing Information. “This ongoing recognition is a testomony to the dedication of our groups and the unwavering help of our residents, households, and communities.”
Jack Callison Jr., CEO of Dawn Senior Dwelling, informed Senior Housing Information there is no such thing as a higher honor than being acknowledged by residents and their households.
“This 12 months’s document setting outcomes communicate to the enduring ardour of our workforce members, our vibrant hospitality, life-style and wellness choices and our unwavering concentrate on creating a customized, high-quality expertise for each particular person who calls a Dawn group house,” Callison mentioned.
Doug Dollenberg, Jr., president and CEO of Brightview Senior Dwelling, mentioned the corporate’s concentrate on its associates was a significant factor to its recognition.
“We work to create a tradition of belief, empowerment, and development alternative for all 6,000+ associates,” Dollenberg informed Senior Housing Information “In flip, our associates present a excessive degree of hospitality and care to our residents.”
Brightview was additionally not too long ago featured on Fortune’s “100 Greatest Firms to Work For” listing. The mix of honors, Dollenberg mentioned, motivates the corporate to stay “laser centered” on its work tradition so the corporate “will proceed to be an excellent place to reside for our residents.”
The listing additionally highlights the highest metros with the best variety of acknowledged communities, which incorporates:
- Chicago: 71 communities
- New York: 71 communities
- Boston: 60 communities
- Washington, D.C.: 56 communities
- Los Angeles: 53 communities
- Dallas-Fort Price: 48 communities
- Seattle: 46 communities
- St. Louis: 35 communities
- Philadelphia: 33
- Minneapolis-St. Paul: 32 communities
U.S. Information & World Report additionally not too long ago surveyed new senior dwelling residents to learn the way communities scale back loneliness and enhance their well being. The survey, printed in March, discovered 69% of older adults felt lonely earlier than shifting right into a senior dwelling group, with 61% saying these emotions improved after shifting right into a group. 33% of respondents additionally mentioned their well being situations improved since shifting right into a group.
