The remaining top
contenders shuffled a bit, except for Sunrise Senior Living, Atria
Senior Living, and Five Star Quality Care, which remained in slots Nos.
3, 4, and 5, respectively, again this year. No. 6 this year is Merrill
Gardens, which switched places with Assisted Living Concepts, which
comes in at No. 7.
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Newcomers
to the Top 40 this year include BMA Management, Bradley, Ill.;
Milestone Retirement Communities, Vancouver, Wash.; and Saber Healthcare
Group, Foothill Ranch, Calif.
Person-Centered Care Continues
A
number of assisted living providers are taking on person-centered care
models of care, including top dog Emeritus. The company says it is
redesigning its memory care neighborhoods “to address stages of memory
loss, incorporating new technology for resident socialization and family
communication, including wireless technology, for operations and
nursing.”
Americare, No. 17, reported that it is “very active in many aspects of the Pioneer Network.”
No.
2, Brookdale, is making ongoing renovations by adding units and
revamping “physical plants and décor conducive to the needs of our
resident and adult children populations.”
Simi
larly, No. 18,
Trilogy Health Services, says it will remove nurse stations from all
facilities, and “we continually strive to make our facilities feel more
homelike.”
No. 21, Aegis Living, is “reviewing and updating our
activities program and Life Skills Stations to increase benefit to
residents and families.”
Diversification On The Rise
Unsurprisingly,
all of this year’s Top 40 providers offer dementia care among their
services. What’s more, there are 36 that have independent living in
their lineup of service/housing types, a jump of three from last year’s
33.
Also similar to last year among the Top 40 providers, 23
this year also offer nursing home care, compared with 24 companies that
had traditional nursing home care in their business lines.
Last year’s Top 40 included 22 companies that offered post-acute care, compared with this year’s figure of 21.
Outpatient
therapy is offered by 16 companies in this year’s Top 40, mostly by
companies that have post-acute care services and/or buildings as well.
This year’s lineup represents a resident capacity of more than 240,000 and more than 2,900 buildings.
Provider’s 2013 Top 40 Largest Assisted Living Companies is ranked by occupant capacity as of Dec. 31, 2012.