First industry-wide survey provides look at current state of DEIB efforts
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2022
Results of the first industry-wide effort to summarize the data on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in long-term care were released Wednesday by the Senior Living DEIB Coalition, a partnership...
Disney teases with glimpse of Storyliving community
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 19, 2023
The Walt Disney Co. teased out details for the first Storyliving by Disney master-planned community last week. The first phase of development includes homes for those aged 55 or more years.
Former school repurposed for New England’s first LBGTQ affordable senior housing community
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 13, 2022
The former William Barton Rogers Middle School in Hyde Park, MA, which has sat idle for years, soon will see new life as Boston’s — and all of New England’s — first affordable housing community...
Federal investigators confirm that UnitedHealth short-changed suppliers that administered COVID-19 vaccinations...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 26, 2021
UnitedHealth Group will reprocess all of its commercial claims related to COVID-19 vaccine administration, after federal investigators confirmed that the nation’s largest insurer paid “millions”...
Long-term care operators wait as CNA candidates encounter exam issues in PA
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 23, 2022
Prospective certified nurse aides in Pennsylvania are coming up against long wait times to schedule licensing testing and are giving up on employment in healthcare, state lawmakers were told at a public...
Welltower net income falls below previously issued guidance
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 23, 2024
Ahead of a scheduled Feb. 14 earnings call, Welltower on Monday published a business update in which the Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust noted that full year 2023 net income attributable...
Thousands of Washingtonians look to opt out of long-term care insurance tax
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2021
Washington state is set to launch next year the nation’s first publicly operated insurance program next year to help offset residents’ future long-term care costs, but not all workers are on board...
Ensign Group grows portfolio as Q3 profits expand
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2023
Skilled nursing, senior living and rehab operating company The Ensign Group added six new operations and four real estate properties during and since the third quarter, “bringing the number of operations...
Leisure Care says brand changes reflect changing face of retirees
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 16, 2023
Seattle-based Leisure Care is “evolving” in an effort to meet the needs of the next generation of retirees, the senior living provider’s partner and executive vice president of revenue strategies,...