Senior living lending increases as investors adjust to changing capital market
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2024
The issuance of new permanent debt for senior living increased during the third quarter of 2023, according to a lending trends report released by NIC Analytics.
Second-generation Korean American brings ‘silver towns’ model to Georgia
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2024
In keeping with the Korean custom of caring for one’s elders, one man has developed a senior living community meant to emulate the silver towns of South Korea.
Invesque prioritizes pruning real estate portfolio
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2024
Invesque has spent 2024 pruning its real estate portfolio, “cleaning up” the balance sheet and making “certain personnel cutbacks.”
Business briefs, Feb. 23
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2024
Long-term care execs see modest salary increases: report … Providers clamor for innovation to head off “end-of-mission” conversations … Nursing homes sue state Medicaid program, claiming massive...
Actions & Transactions, Feb. 23
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2024
Ziegler prices $67.2M series 2024 bonds for United Methodist Retirement Homes … American Healthcare REIT amends credit facility … CVS Health invests almost $35M in affordable housing in Hawaii
Percentage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections up since September 2023
Feb 22, 2024
A decrease was seen in the percentage of M. pneumoniae-related diagnoses during the pandemic period, followed by a postpandemic increase.
FDA warns of smartwatches that claim to measure glucose levels
Feb 22, 2024
Many companies are illegally marketing smartwatch or smart ring devices that claim to measure blood glucose without piercing the skin.
Number of registered nurses rebounds following pandemic decline
Feb 22, 2024
Projections for the registered nurse workforce in 2035 are close to prepandemic forecasts.
Higher adherence to plant-based diet linked to reduced apnea risk
Feb 22, 2024
Inverse associations were seen for higher adherence to a plant-based diet, a healthy plant-based diet and a provegetarian diet with OSA risk.
Philip Esformes pleads guilty to healthcare fraud, sentenced to time served
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 22, 2024
Former assisted living community and nursing home owner Philip Esformes pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud on Thursday and received a sentence of time served, ending a case the federal government at one...