Senior living market fundamentals favor REITs, LTC Properties CEO says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 20, 2024
LTC Properties Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson called 2023 a “year of solid execution” as the real estate investment trust “substantially resolved” all of its challenges and looks to 2024 with market...
Investors have ‘growing pool’ of senior living opportunities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 20, 2024
Senior living investors have a “growing pool of opportunities” this year, and they span the risk spectrum, Shashank Goel, assistant vice president in the transactions group at Harrison Street, wrote...
59 percent of older adults say they didn’t save enough money for retirement: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 20, 2024
More than half of the retirees participating in a new survey said they regret not saving as much as they should have for retirement.
Six national centers will spend millions to study, disseminate information on Social Security
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 20, 2024
A consortium of six national centers will study Social Security programs and related policies and distribute information to policymakers, researchers and the public under five-year agreements announced...
Business briefs, Feb. 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 20, 2024
LTC Properties CEO: Senior living market fundamentals favor REITs … 2024 presents ‘golden opportunity’ for senior living to increase occupancy levels: NIC … Proposed HCBS rule could diminish service...
Actions & Transactions, Feb. 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 20, 2024
Sherman & Roylance negotiates $8.25M sale of Pebble Beach, CA-area assisted living and memory care community … Charter Senior Living acquires 6 communities in New England … JLL arranges sale of...
Expanded use of Xolair to treat food allergies approved by the FDA
Feb 17, 2024
Xolair is not meant to substitute for emergency anaphylaxis medications such as the EpiPen.
AAOS: Pickleball-related fractures up significantly in older adults
Feb 16, 2024
Fractures most commonly were seen in the upper extremity in women aged 65 years and older following a fall.
Patient-performed rapid antigen tests reliable for COVID-19
Feb 16, 2024
The accuracy of self- and clinician-performed rapid antigen tests appears to be similar.
Prevalence of long COVID varies geographically in the United States
Feb 16, 2024
In New England and the Pacific, prevalence tended to be lower, whereas higher prevalence was seen in the South, Midwest and West.