Omega Healthcare Investors and Maplewood Senior Living hope to open their Manhattan high-rise assisted living and memory care community “as soon as possible,” Omega Chief Corporate Development Officer...
‘Not just a nursing home issue’: COVID a challenge in affordable senior housing: LeadingAge survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 22, 2020
Close to 60% of nonprofit senior housing providers surveyed by LeadingAge reported confirmed COVID-19 cases in their communities, raising concerns about the more than 2.5 million low-income older adults...
OSHA can issue COVID-19 healthcare standard on its own timeline: courts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2022
The federal government can issue a permanent COVID-19 healthcare standard on its own timeline after an appellate court ruled against a group of unions hoping to expedite the process.
Brookdale keeps COVID cases under 1% but sees occupancy decline, calls for government aid
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 07, 2020
Less than 1% of residents at the country’s largest senior living operator have tested positive for COVID-19, but the virus has still affected occupancy rates, according to Brookdale Senior Living...
House Republicans: Anticipated OSHA COVID-19 rule is ‘height of foolishness’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 05, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s anticipated COVID-19 rule for healthcare workers is the “height of foolishness,” two Republican members of the House of Representatives told OSHA...
Industry must capitalize on ‘historic moment’ of change for skilled nursing: expert
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Amy Novotney
Apr 14, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the country’s long-term care system, particularly in skilled nursing facilities, as “deeply flawed, chronically underfunded and in need of reform,” according to...
Recovering from emotional, economic effects of pandemic will dominate senior living in 2021
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2021
Virus-related matters will dominate the actions of senior living owners and operators for the time being, industry leaders told McKnight’s Senior Living.
Sabra reports occupancy declines due to COVID-19; other companies also negatively affected
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Amy Novotney
May 08, 2020
Irvine, CA-based Sabra Health Care REIT declared a quarterly cash dividend of 30 cents per share of common stock Wednesday, to be paid on May 29 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business...
Move-ins slow with omicron surge; move-outs hold constant: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 11, 2022
Move-ins slowed last month in long-term care facilities offering higher levels of care, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
White House thrusts long-term care into COVID-19 winter preparedness plans
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2022
The White House has made long-term care facilities a key element of its focus on preventing a winter surge of COVID-19.