Inflation, staffing pose pressures for not-for-profit life plan communities: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 29, 2022
The not-for-profit continuing care / life plan communities sector has “broadly recovered” from pandemic stressors, but challenges lie ahead. That’s according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.
Erickson Senior Living’s MA plan earns top recognition from CMS for fourth year in a row
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 19, 2023
Erickson Advantage, Erickson Senior Living’s resident-only Medicare Advantage plan, has earned five stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the fourth consecutive year.
Christian Living Communities partners with state to train CNAs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 13, 2023
Denver-based Christian Living Communities has extended its signature mentorship program for certified nursing assistants to the state of Wisconsin.
Brookdale Senior Living says preliminary financial data ‘favorable’ in first quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2023
Brookdale Senior Living’s preliminary financial results for the first quarter are “favorable,” the Brentwood, TN-based says
‘Tripledemic’ slowing pace of long-term care move-ins: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 19, 2022
Senior living and care operators have reported a steady pace of move-ins for several months, but the “tripledemic” — respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and COVID-19 — is tempering the...
CCRC ratings unlikely to be affected by SNF staffing mandates: Fitch
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
The minimum staffing rule that most nursing homes will be required to meet within the next three years will add to staffing pressures at continuing care retirement / life plan communities, but it will...
Outlook appears rosier for senior housing investors, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 03, 2024
Healthcare investors, including senior housing ones, are apt to see an uptick in opportunities this year, according to several recent analyses.
End of pandemic-era payments to family caregivers could complicate workforce shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2023
During the pandemic, most states allowed some form of payment to family caregivers whose loved ones were receiving Medicaid home- and community-based services. As those payments dry up, workforce shortages...
Overtime rule under review at White House
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2023
The Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule has made its way to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final review. OMB approval is required under a 1993 executive order that requires...
OPI closes $30.7 million mortgage loan for Diversified Healthcare Trust merger
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 30, 2023
Newton, MA-based Office Properties Income Trust has begun implementing its financing strategy for its merger with Diversified Healthcare Trust, the real estate investment trust announced Friday. OPI has...