Fitch assigns ‘deteriorating’ outlook to CCRC sector for second consecutive year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2024
Fitch Ratings has assigned the continuing care retirement / life plan community sector a rating of “deteriorating” for the second year in a row.
EEOC: Employers must accommodate religious objections to COVID vaccine mandates
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Employers with COVID-19 vaccine mandates must accommodate workers’ “sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances” against such requirements unless doing so would create an “undue...
Provider launches retention initiative to counter ‘Great Resignation’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 14, 2022
Facing the same staffing challenges seen by long-term care providers and others around the country, Arlington Heights, IL-based Lutheran Life Communities has launched a “Great Retention Initiative”...
Headwinds may stall CCRC recovery, Fitch Ratings says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Although demand is high for continuing care life plan communities, some headwinds may stall total recovery for the sector, according to the experts at Fitch Ratings.
Mease Life affiliates with Acts Retirement–Life Communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2023
Continuing care retirement community Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, and Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement-Life Communities have finalized their affiliation after signing a letter of intent in April...
Internal candidates have edge in leadership transitions: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2022
Among organizations on the LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list, almost 70 have had a turnover in the CEO role since 2015. Such transitions take careful planning, and for most C-suite positions, internal candidates...
Senior living marketing agency Attane abruptly closes, a victim of industry’s slow pandemic rebound
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Kansas City, MO, senior living marketing agency Attane on Monday unexpectedly announced its immediate closure, an apparent victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. The news leaves approximately 100 employees looking...
Skilled nursing operators should ‘embrace the change’ precipitated by pandemic challenges: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2022
The pandemic shows no signs of going away any time soon, but companies still must focus on strategic goals in 2022, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler.
Immanuel gives employees 23 percent pay increase, other benefits
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 01, 2021
Omaha, NE-based Immanuel Communities is increasing pay for workers at its 14 senior living communities and three Pathways PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) centers across Nebraska and...
Uptick in demand means opportunities for senior living investors: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 25, 2023
The long-term outlook for the US senior living market is positive, according to Berkadia’s US Seniors Housing Commentary for Spring 2023.