OSHA announces COVID-19-related safety rules for senior living, other healthcare workplaces
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 11, 2021
Assisted living communities and other healthcare settings will be required to conduct hazard assessments and have written plans to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus under new workplace safety rules...
Sharing senior living’s value proposition could help mitigate family conflicts over long-term care...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 24, 2024
Deciding whether to age in place or move to a senior living community or other long-term care facility can be one of the most consequential decisions older adults make, but disputes with well-intentioned...
Ventas to take over Santerre skilled nursing, senior living, medical office properties
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 03, 2023
Ventas will assume ownership of the collateral that supports its approximately $486 million cash-pay mezzanine loan to Santerre Health Investors, the Chicago-based real estate investment trust announced...
COVID-19 ‘nightmare’ provides ‘teachable moment’ for industry: NIC panel
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 07, 2020
COVID-19 is “a nightmare beyond any worst-case scenario” for the senior living and care industry, but the overriding message is “we’re going to get through this,” Mark Parkinson, president and...
The owners and operators of multiple New York adult care facilities and assisted living programs are facing a discrimination lawsuit for reportedly turning away prospective residents who use wheelchairs.
2 blind spots cost senior living operators $2.8 million of value per community: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2021
Two blind spots are costing senior living companies up to $225,000 of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or $2.8 million of value per community, according to a new report with...
NIC panelists offer tips for staff recruiting and retention
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2018
Panelists at a Thursday educational session at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s Spring Investment Forum in Dallas shared advice for addressing senior living’s No....
Hourly wage growth slowing across long-term care, Fitch Ratings says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2023
Wage growth is slowing as labor begins to stabilize in continuing care retirement / life plan communities, assisted living communities and nursing care facilities, according to Fitch Ratings latest monthly...
Healthcare, civil rights groups join states in suing federal government over ‘conscience rule’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 30, 2019
Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the “conscience rule” issued earlier this month by the...
Argentum calls for continued industry self-regulation as association ramps up advocacy efforts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2021
PHOENIX—Argentum has spent the past 18 months elevating several priorities, with senior living industry advocacy rising to the top as a critical need during the pandemic amid changing federal and state...