COVID relief, assisted living regulation top of mind for industry after presidential election
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 09, 2020
With the presidential election over and former Vice President Joe Biden the projected winner, senior living industry association leaders say they are optimistic about future efforts related to the battle...
Former assisted living resident pleads guilty to murdering caregiver
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2016
A former resident of an Alaska assisted living facility has pleaded guilty to murdering a caregiver there.
Senior living CEO being remembered as ‘compassionate,’ ‘brilliant’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2023
Colleagues of senior living CEO Glenn Barclay are remembering him as a “compassionate” and “brilliant” leader. Barclay, CEO of QSL Management, which operates The Blake senior living communities,...
Pressures remain, but some positive trends forming for senior living sector
By
Peter Reilly
Gerald Stoll
Jordan Parnell
Jan 05, 2023
Problems afflicting senior living and care since the start of the pandemic will continue to slow recovery. Positive trends exist, however.
Decline in nursing home residents spurs long-planned strategic moves for one long-term care operator
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 20, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has offered a bit of a silver lining for one Connecticut long-term care operator: the impetus for making long-planned strategic changes in skilled nursing and an expansion in its...
Merger with OPI still ‘best path’ for DHC, top exec says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 28, 2023
A proposed merger with Office Properties Income Trust is the “best path for long-term value preservation” for Newton, MA-based Diversified Healthcare Trust, DHC’s President and CEO Jennifer Francis...
Senior living software data breach affects 60 operators in 4 states
By
Mallory Hackett
Jun 19, 2019
A company that provides software for assisted living communities, group homes and other organizations serving elderly or disabled individuals announced on Tuesday a potential data breach that affects almost...
$100 billion should be added to Provider Relief Fund for coronavirus-related needs, industry groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 29, 2020
Congress should pass another COVID-19 funding package, adding $100 billion to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Provider Relief Fund, maintain the American Health Care Association / National...
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
Barron’s: Skilled-nursing-focused REIT CareTrust in good shape amidst pandemic
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 02, 2020
With plenty of balance sheet flexibility, San Clemente, CA-based CareTrust appears ready to weather the pandemic successfully and continue growing in the near term, predict experts at Barron’s and Seeking...