The Hire That Decides the Return: A Different Profile for Senior Housing's Most Important Role
Most senior housing operators hire care directors against a profile that has more in common with luxury hospitality than residential care. The profile sounds right in interviews. It loses money over the holding period. With executive turnover in long-term care at 22 percent and stabilization timelines hanging on every senior site leader, the most leveraged decision in residential senior care is also the one most operators screen for the wrong way. Here is the profile we actually look for, and why it should matter to anyone underwriting this asset class.
What a Sponsor Will Not Take: Why Capital Discipline Is the Most Underrated Diligence Question of 2026
With $24 billion of senior housing transactions closing in 2025 and 86 percent of investors increasing exposure in 2026, the diligence question has inverted. The question is no longer whether a sponsor can raise capital. The question is what they will turn away. Here is why capital discipline at the source is becoming the most underrated signal of institutional readiness in senior housing.