Categories - Senior Housing News Awards

Senior Housing News’ (SHN) annual Architecture & Design Awards competition gives owners, operators, developers, architects, and designers an opportunity to showcase their newly constructed and renovated communities to the WTWH Healthcare audience and the world. Each organization that enters is judged by a group of experienced professionals including architects, designers, and more, with a breadth of experience, expertise and knowledge of the industry.

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Active Adult

The Active Adult category encompasses all new development of rental senior housing or senior apartments that do not have a commercial kitchen component.

Assisted Living

The Assisted Living category consists of new developments with as few as 12 beds and can be part of a larger community or campus. Entries that have a combination of assisted living and memory care in the same building should enter this category.

CCRC / LPC

The Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) / Life Plan Community (LPC) category focuses on new construction and include the full continuum of care with a skilled nursing facility (SNF) component onsite.

Dining Innovation

The Dining Innovation category highlights the latest trends in dining experiences in both new and renovated communities.

Independent Living

The Independent Living category includes all newly developed rental senior housing or senior apartments. Entrants in this category must have a commercial kitchen component.

Renovation/Repositioning Building

The Renovation/Repositioning Building category focuses on one particular part of the continuum and includes a variety of before and after photos showing the transformation of the original space into the new space. Building: Only one building renovation and highlights its updated amenities.

Skilled Nursing / Post-Acute Care

The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) / Post-Acute Care category may include newly developed stand-alone projects, as well as a focus on SNFs that may be part of a CCRC or other campus.

Small Footprint

The Small Footprint category includes any newly developed project that incorporates an independent living-style single-unit dwelling, accessory dwelling unit, or other classification that represents a unique, innovative model to address an alternative view of traditional senior living.

Wellness, Health & Fitness

The Wellness, Health & Fitness category includes new or renovated wellness-focused facilities, including but not limited to: aquatic centers, yoga, music or art studios, spas, etc.

Affordable Housing

The Affordable Housing category includes new development projects that take into account local definitions of low-to-moderate income housing programs, as well as projects that are specifically developed to lower the costs of construction and land acquisition to drive down monthly rental costs.

Behavioral Health

The Behavioral Health category recognizes newly constructed buildings or campuses that serve inpatient, outpatient, and/or residential settings.

CCRC / LPC Lite

The Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) / Life Plan Community (LPC) category focuses on new construction and include any combination of independent living, assisted living, and memory care, but excludes a skilled nursing facility (SNF) component.

Hospice

The Hospice category includes all newly constructed or renovated hospice facilities.

International

The International category can include new or renovated projects, built outside of the United States.

Renovation/Repositioning Campus

The Renovation/Repositioning Campus category focuses on one particular part of the continuum and includes a variety of before and after photos showing the transformation of the original space into the new space. Campus: Two or more buildings are renovated and highlights their updated amenities.

Skilled Nursing / Post-Acute Care Renovation / Repositioning

The Skilled Nursing (SNF) / Post-Acute Care Renovation / Repositioning category is designed to recognize renovated or repositioned SNFs and Post-Acute Care facilities that may be part of a CCRC or other campus.

Stand-Alone Memory Care

The Stand-Alone Memory Care category should be a newly developed memory care project, and not include assisted living or any other part of the continuum. The stand-alone memory care building may be part of a campus, but it must be its own physical footprint.