Senior Living Operators Report Length of Stay Improvement But Recovery Still Choppy

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Senior living operators are improving care coordination and life enrichment offering for residents in a bid to improve length of stay (LoS) — while also being patient as the market appears to be normalizing from disruptions related to Covid-19.

Many providers have reported that acuity among residents is rising, with people moving into communities with more chronic health conditions than in past years. That’s in part due to the pandemic, which in some instances caused people to delay moving into senior living until their health conditions worsened. As a result, the LoS for many communities dropped, and LoS remains below pre-pandemic levels for some operators.