U.S. News & World Report has launched a “Best Senior Living” initiative with the goal of releasing inaugural listings for consumers in the first quarter of 2022. The program will cover individual...
Long-term care corporate executives see 2.67 percent salary increase
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 10, 2022
Long-term care corporate executives saw an average 2.67% increase in salary in 2021, according to the 38th edition of the Multi-Facility Corporate Compensation Report, released Thursday by the Hospital...
Seniors housing municipal bonds under distress due to COVID-19 costs
By
Amy Novotney
May 29, 2020
The coronavirus is pushing more continuing care retirement communities into financial upheaval and putting pressure on the municipal bonds that financed them, according to an article Wednesday in Bloomberg...
SNFs, CCRCs ‘off the pace’ for recruiting, retaining workers: Fitch
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 16, 2024
Skilled nursing facilities and continuing care retirement / life plan communities “are still well off the pace needed to reach a full post-pandemic recovery” in terms of their workforces, according...
Life plan community outlook ‘deteriorating’ in 2023: Fitch Ratings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2022
The outlook for continuing care retirement / life plan communities is “deteriorating” due to continued labor challenges and a “softening broader economy.” That’s according to a newly released...
CCRC adds 4,100-square-foot duplexes to attract baby boomers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 16, 2017
Ten months after breaking ground on a project intended to attract baby boomers and others looking for a different environment in which to age, nonprofit BHI Senior Living has sold all 30 duplexes in an...
Understanding life care communities vs. CCRCs
By
Troy Cannaday
Mar 10, 2015
I have noticed the way many people interchange “life care communities” with “Continuing Care Retirement Communities.” However, these are two different concepts with distinguishing...
CCRCs have less time to refund entrance fees under new law
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities will have have less time to return refundable portions of entrance fees to residents or their estates after move-out under a new law signed Friday by New Jersey Gov....
Sun Health launches first CCaH in Southwest
Jan 25, 2016
Nonprofit Sun Health has launched Sun Health at Home, which it says is the first continuing care at home program in the southwestern United States.
Labor challenges a continued sore spot for CCRCs, Fitch Ratings says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 24, 2023
Labor challenges are a continued pain point for continuing care retirement / life plan communities, according to a recent report from Fitch Ratings.