Further Acquires Welbi to Unite Sales & Marketing and Resident Experience with AI

Connecting Senior Living prospect and resident experience to help operators deliver the experience they promise and learn from the experience they deliver.

CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 21, 2026 /CNW/ -- Further, Senior Living's Leading AI Partner, today announced it has acquired Welbi, the resident experience platform that helps senior living communities understand each resident, personalize daily experiences and foster meaningful connections.

The acquisition brings together two rapidly growing companies with complementary expertise and a combined reach of more than 8,000 senior living communities. Building on that momentum, Further and Welbi are positioned to help operators connect the prospect and resident journeys at scale - creating new opportunities to personalize experiences, strengthen resident relationships and drive sustainable growth.

Prospect and resident experience. Finally connected.

Senior living has built one set of systems to get residents into a community and a separate set to manage their experience once they arrive. Very little connects the two. What a sales team learns about a prospect's interests, routines and reasons for choosing a community rarely reaches the people planning that resident's daily life. And what communities learn about engagement and satisfaction rarely informs how they market and sell.

Further helps operators understand what prospects are looking for, personalize their journey and convert them into residents. Welbi helps teams turn that understanding into personalized experiences after move-in, while giving operators insight into how residents engage, connect and experience life in the community. Together, they turn what operators know about prospects into better resident experiences, and what they know about residents into smarter growth.

For large operators, the combination answers a question that occupancy and financial reports cannot: Is the experience we're selling actually the experience our residents are living? Operators build brands around personalization, connection and engagement. They market that promise and train to it. But across 50, 100 or 300 communities, few can see whether it is being delivered consistently on the floor. Further and Welbi start closing that gap.

Every interaction makes the next one better

Together, Further and Welbi help operators do three things:

• Personalize: make it personal. Treat every prospect and resident as one of one. Match each prospect's interests with real community programs, build tours around activities and residents who share those interests, and use what was learned during sales to personalize a new resident's first 60 days.
• Deliver: keep your promise. Capture sales commitments and the expectations set by the brand, then see whether they're being met for each resident, community and portfolio. Teams get the insight to close gaps proactively and deliver a consistent brand experience.
• Improve: repeat what works. Learn what matters to prospects, residents and families, and use it to sharpen messaging. Learn who thrives in each community and reach similar prospects through lookalike campaigns. Spot patterns across successful programs and communities, and replicate them.

Each step feeds the next: personalize, deliver, improve. What operators learn about prospects shapes a better resident experience. What they learn from residents makes them smarter about attracting and converting the next one.

"Senior living has always treated the prospect journey and the resident experience as two separate worlds, when they should constantly inform each other," said Wes Fuller, CEO and Founder of Further. "Operators know what their brand promises. With Welbi, they can now see whether it's happening, in every community, and use what they learn to grow. Deliver the experience you promise, and learn from the experience you deliver. Every interaction should make the next one better."

"What we learn about someone before they move in should shape the experience they have once they call a community home. Bringing Welbi and Further together connects those moments, helping teams understand each person, deliver on their expectations and keep improving their experience," said Elizabeth Audette-Bourdeau, CEO and Founder of Welbi.

About Further

Further is Senior Living's AI Partner for today and tomorrow. Its AI suite (ProspectAI, SalesAI, ResidentAI, OpsAI and Competitive Market Intelligence) helps senior living and behavioral health operators attract, convert and serve residents, and syncs with the CRMs and EHRs they already use. Learn more at talkfurther.com.

About Welbi

Welbi is a resident experience platform that helps senior living communities understand each resident and deliver personalized, meaningful experiences. By bringing resident interests, preferences and engagement insights together with tools for planning and delivering programs, Welbi helps teams build connections and enrich residents' everyday lives. Across communities and portfolios, Welbi gives operators the visibility to identify what works and continuously improve the experience they deliver. Learn more at welbi.com.

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