Member News
Check out what ASHA’s doing for the seniors housing industry by clicking on the links below. For additional information related to government affairs or advocacy, please contact Jeanne McGlynn Delgado at [email protected] and Sheff Richey at [email protected]. Questions about the Associations meetings and sponsorship can be directed to Doris Maultsby at [email protected]. For all other inquiries reach out to David Schless, ASHA president & CEO at [email protected].
January 9, 2023
ASHA Sends Letter to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to Share Concerns About Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings Pending Final Standard Click Here for LetterDecember 7, 2022
ASHA Joins Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) in Letter to NLRB on Joint Employer Standard Click Here for LetterNovember 21, 2022
ASHA Sends Letter to House and Senate Leaders Urging Immigration Reform in Lame Duck Click Here for LetterNovember 21, 2022
ASHA Joins Essential Worker Immigration Coalition (EWIC) in Urging Congress to Move Forward on DACA, TPS and Other Immigration Reform Legislation to Support Economy and Stabilize Workforce Click Here for LetterSeptember 14, 2022
On September 14, 2022, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety held a hearing to discuss the role of immigrants in the health care workforce titled: "Flatlining Care: Why Immigrants Are Crucial to Bolstering Our Health Care Workforce." While current law allows health care professionals to immigrate to the U.S. to provide medical services, growing health care workforce challenges have called attention to the current limitations within the parameters of these policies. While the hearing was focused on the need for professional nurses and doctors, ASHA submitted a statement to draw attention to the need for front line caregivers, med techs, dietary aides, and other workers in great demand in the long-term care sector. Our statement emphasized the growing population of older Americans that is driving the demand for caregiver and other front-line long-term care workers. By 2030, when baby boomers are 65 and older, they will make up 21% of the population, up from 15% today. Given that there are simply not enough U.S. workers to care for the growing elderly population, we stress the need to look outside our borders for these workers.
Click here to read ASHA’s statement.
August 25, 2022
The 2022 ASHA 50 rankings of the 50 largest U.S. Owners and 50 Largest U.S. Operators were released today and appear in the August/September issue of Seniors Housing Business. Conducted annually since 1994, the ASHA 50 rankings are considered the authoritative ranking of market rate senior living in the country. Welltower Inc. remains the largest owner of seniors housing in the U.S. as of June 1, 2022, with 90,178 units (903 communities), followed by Ventas with 66,208 units (720 communities), Brookdale Senior Living with 30,335 units (339 communities), Diversified Healthcare Trust with 25,195 units (239 communities) and Harrison Street rounding out the largest five owners with 23,470 units (175 communities). The largest 50 owners collectively own 563,850 units across the country. Brookdale Senior Living remains the largest U.S. operator with 55,581 units (668 communities), followed by Atria Senior Living with 43,902 units managed (358 communities), LCS with 32,988 units managed (358 communities), Sunrise Senior Living with 27,376 units managed (269 communities) and Erickson Senior Living rounding out the largest five with 24,642 units across 20 communities. The largest 50 operators collectively operate 523,888 units in the country. The 2022 ASHA 50 supplement can be viewed here. Hard copies of the supplement will be mailed to the ASHA membership and distributed during the upcoming Fall NIC Conference.May 4, 2022
The American Seniors Housing Association has joined CARF International’s International Advisory Council (IAC), which will bolster an already well-established partnership with CARF. Read more about ASHA’s participation in CARF’s International Advisory Council here.March 16, 2022
The 2022 Alzheimer’s Association Brain Ball will be held in Washington, DC at The Ritz Carlton on Friday, May 6, 2022. Since its inception in 2014, the Brain Ball has raised nearly $9 million to benefit the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association. ASHA’s President & CEO, David Schless is a co-chair of this year’s Brain Ball and is a longstanding member of the Brain Ball Committee. For more information about the May 6 event please visit https://www.alznca.org/about-the-eventFebruary 12, 2022
ASHA extends its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Harvey Singer, who passed away peacefully on February 12 due to complications following cancer treatment. Harvey was an important member of the State of Seniors Housing (SOSH) Task Force since the late 1990s, and he continued to work on SOSH and other research projects for ASHA in the years following his retirement in 2008. ASHA president & CEO, David Schless remembered Harvey “for his keen intellect, thorough understanding of the senior living business, and an uncanny ability to scour vast amounts of data without losing focus. Although much of his work was behind the scenes, Harvey Singer played a crucial role shaping the quality of our industry’s research while at NIC and in the years following.”January 26, 2022
The ASHA Executive Board elected a new slate of officers at its most recent Executive Board Meeting held in Phoenix, AZ on January 26. Jerry Frumm of Senior Lifestyle was elected to serve as Chair; Kathryn Sweeney of Blue Moon Capital Partners, Vice Chair; Lynne Katzmann, Ph. D. of Juniper Communities, Treasurer; Richard Hutchinson of Discovery Senior Living, Secretary; and Donny Edwards of Sagora Senior Living; Chair of the Seniors Housing PAC.