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This is a Personal Care Home (PCH) in Saskatoon, one of hundreds of similar projects in the province. They are privately owned facilities that usually although not always provide bed-sitting room type accommodation plus care for individuals requiring personal care usually but certainly not always at a lower level than that provided in Special CareRead more

In late 2025 the BC Care Providers Assocation in partnership with the Westbridge Group published some very shocking results from a comprehensive survey undertaken earlier that year. The survey focused on the Independent Living (IL) sector, meaning seniors housing projects that provide hospitality services such as meals, housekeeping, socialization activities and related services. Our nationalRead more

This book was published in 2010. It is based partly on one-on-one interviews with 160 residents of properties owned and operated by the BC Seniors Living Association, now part of the BC Care Providers Association. Although it’s a little dated it still provides a wealth of useful information. Here’s an excerpt from the back cover.Read more

I haven’t posted a new blog for more than 3 years. No excuses. I have now resolved to post at least one new blog per week. A colleague asked me recently why I wanted to start blogging again. I told her that my primary reason was to to share what I have learned about seniorsRead more

I have always wanted to improve my time management skills—who doesn’t? So I bought a couple of books, The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch being one of them. The 80/20 Principle, also known as the Pareto Principle,  basically says that 80% of your outputs result from 20% of your inputs. The principle works in allRead more

The Impact of Housing Corrections on the Seniors Housing Industry (and What to Do About It) Here’s an old chart from the unmatched and unparalleled National Investment Center (US spelling) for Seniors Housing and Care, commonly referred to as NIC. NIC has no Canadian counterpart—nothing even comes close. CMHC publishes its Seniors Housing Report everyRead more

Unexpectedly (to me), Abbeyfield Houses are the reason for a conversion in my worldview, perhaps not quite on the scale of famous biblical conversions but significant nonetheless. Read on to find out why. Until very recently (defined as early 2022), I had more or less consigned Abbeyfield Houses to the dustbin of housing history. TheRead more

Not Your Grandma’s Senior Living PREMIUM APARTMENTS, FLEXIBLE SERVICES, EASY MANAGEMENT This is a variation on the Active Adult model. It’s also a variation on the “Village” model as in the Village to Village Network, not the Villages in Florida. Here’s how it works. People choose to move to one of the apartment units inRead more

They’re available, if you know the right consultant. If your sole interest is finding someone to lend you millions of dollars, a made to order market study could be just the thing. But, and it’s a big but, you could be missing a golden opportunity to maximize your profit or to minimize your losses. JustRead more

Here’s a blog post I wrote about 10 years ago. I’ve just come back from Calgary. Every time I visit that city I am always struck by the differences between the seniors’ housing market there and the seniors’ housing market here in Vancouver.  The projects all look the same, basically, –the big difference is theRead more