Operator

Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to the Brookdale Senior Living First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call.

[Operator Instructions]

I will now hand the conference over to Mike Grant, Brookdale's Vice President of Investor Relations. Mike, please go ahead.

Michael Grant
Vice President of Investor Relations

Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Brookdale Senior Living's First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call.

Participating on today's call are Nick Stengle, Brookdale's Chief Executive Officer; Dawn Kussow, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Chad White, our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.

On today's call, we will discuss first-quarter 2026 results as well as our financial guidance for the 2026 year. We'll also provide other general business updates.

During today's call, our remarks, including our answers to your questions, will include forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

These statements are made as of today's date, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update these statements in the future.

Actual results and performance may differ materially from forward-looking statements.

Certain of the factors that could cause actual results to differ are detailed in the earnings release we issued after market yesterday, as well as in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the risk factors