Immigration restructuring could ease long-term care workforce crisis, industry coalition tells State...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 22, 2021
Prioritizing immigration visas for nurses, waiving immigration visa interviews and expanding in-person interviews to allow for virtual interviews would help address workforce challenges facing long-term...
Life plan community outlook ‘deteriorating’ in 2023: Fitch Ratings
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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...
‘We are seeing the green shoots of recovery,’ Brookdale CEO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2021
Brookdale Senior Living is “seeing the green shoots of recovery,” President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier said yesterday at the Capital Markets Global Health Care Conference.
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...
Brookdale, Sonida CEOs: Embracing change is vital for senior living leaders
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 14, 2022
Effective leaders have a “toolbox” of fortitude and humility to draw upon to help them navigate changes that arise, senior living executives said during Wednesday’s leadership huddle hosted by the...
Healthpeak closes on final $149 million of senior living dispositions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 04, 2021
Healthpeak Properties has closed the final $149 million of its senior living community dispositions since August, bringing total sales proceeds to $4 billion since July 2020, CEO Thomas Herzog said during...
‘Red-hot inflation’ drives senior living asking rates to record high
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 08, 2022
Senior living asking rates were driven to record highs in June compared with the previous year, as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates in response to “red-hot inflation,” according to Omar Zahraoui,...
NIC: Loan delinquencies still above pre-COVID levels but trend down
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 11, 2022
The number of delinquent loans in the long-term care industry edged down in the second quarter, but delinquencies remain above pre-COVID levels, according to a report released Wednesday by the National...
Skilled nursing demand increasing, but staffing remains issue
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 07, 2022
killed nursing occupancy increased by 48 basis points from July to August to end the month at 78.8%, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s most recent skilled nursing...
Staffing shortage severity may be lessening, executives say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 06, 2022
Severe staffing shortages in long-term care may be lessening, according to results of Wave 40 of the Executive Survey, released Thursday by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.