Senior housing and care facilities could help employ today’s out-of-work restaurant, hotel and retail...
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 20, 2020
As COVID-19 spreads, keeping a full staff will be one of the most pressing issues skilled nursing and senior living facilities will face, experts say. That’s because caregivers who come in contact with...
CareTrust REIT completes $52 million sale of 7-SNF portfolio in Ohio
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2022
CareTrust REIT has completed the sale of seven skilled nursing facilities in Ohio for $52 million, the San Clemente, CA-based real estate investment trust announced Friday.
Industry groups seek immunity from pandemic-related lawsuits for operators
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 28, 2020
While national and state associations seek legal immunity against claims arising out from actions related to fighting COVID-19, a House task force has prioritized long-term care and affordable senior housing...
CDC: Only half of U.S. nursing home residents have received boosters
Dec 14, 2021
By the end of October, only about a quarter of fully vaccinated nursing home residents had received a booster.
Assisted living, nursing homes ‘not that different’ when it comes to risk for infectious disease...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
When it comes to COVID-19, there isn’t much difference between assisted living communities and nursing homes, in terms of the frail, older populations they care for and the need to prioritize assistance...
COVID-19 making it even harder for SNFs to recruit, retain workers
By
Danielle Brown
May 21, 2020
Long-term care providers around the country are struggling to hire and retain workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Maryland announces plan to stop funding nursing home COVID-19 testing, prompting industry outcry
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 30, 2020
Costs related to coronavirus testing forced Maryland state leaders to peg August 15 as the date the state will no longer be able to pick up the tab for mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing of nursing home...
Iowa SNF faces $685,000 in fines for regulatory violations, is placed on CMS Special-Focus Facility List
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2021
A nursing facility in Iowa has amassed more than a half a million dollars in fines, and has been added to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Special-Focus Facility List.
Biden to propose overhaul of U.S. nursing homes
Mar 01, 2022
Plan will include 20 separate actions to improve nursing home quality
Assisted living, skilled nursing continue to face workforce challenges: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 24, 2021
Among 616 nursing homes and 122 assisted living communities recently surveyed on workforce challenges by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, half responded that...