48 percent of private-sector employees don’t have workplace retirement plans
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2022
Access to a workplace retirement plan is an important means of planning for financial security later on, and yet 48% of U.S. private-sector employees aged 18 to 64 work for an employer that does not offer...
Second-quarter earnings calls continued Wednesday with updates from Welltower and Invesque.
Hebrew SeniorLife expansion gets funding from town
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 28, 2021
The nonprofit Hebrew SeniorLife in Randolph, MA, is expanding its affordable senior housing with help from the town, and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development will support the...
Assisted living demand bouncing back at twice the rate of independent living: NIC analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2022
After a pandemic-induced drop in assisted living demand, things are looking up, according to experts at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Updated law expected to boost CCRC construction, expansions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 15, 2022
An updated application and licensing process for continuing care retirement communities in South Carolina is expected to help drive more construction projects and create more housing for older adults in...
Direct care nurses, aides are industry’s least likely workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 05, 2021
As senior living and care facilities wrestle with the dilemma of requiring workers to be vaccinated, a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study reinforces the idea that higher vaccination...
Companies can require COVID-19 vaccination for employees: EEOC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2021
Employers can require workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, according to updated guidance released Friday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
3 Omega operators stop paying rent due to pandemic-related occupancy lulls
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2021
Three operators, representing approximately 8.6% of Omega Healthcare Investors’ estimated third-quarter contractual rent and mortgage payments, have stopped paying rent in 2021, the Hunt Valley, MD-based...
Mather’s move into third state progresses as vertical construction begins on life plan community
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 21, 2022
Mather is marking its entry into the commonwealth of Virginia as vertical construction is set to begin on The Mather at Tysons in northern Virginia. The company already operates life plan communities (also...