Mease Life affiliates with Acts Retirement–Life Communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2023
Continuing care retirement community Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, and Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement-Life Communities have finalized their affiliation after signing a letter of intent in April...
Labor Department extends comment period for OSHA vaccinate-or-test mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2021
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has extended until Jan. 19 the comment period for its COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard.
Cogeneration system harnesses power of clean energy for long-term care operator
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 08, 2023
It takes a lot of energy to heat and cool Hebrew Home of Riverdale’s 32-acre campus on Hudson River in the Bronx, NY. When it came time to replace aging equipment — some buildings are well over 100...
Career pathway programs can mitigate workforce shortages: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2023
Some states are looking at developing career pathway programs as a strategy to address or mitigate workforce shortages in long-term care, according to a recent report from the National Conference of State...
$50 million philanthropic fund to focus public, policymakers on care infrastructure
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 13, 2021
The $50 million Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund, launched through collaboration of eight leading philanthropic organizations, will seek to leverage increased public and policymaker attention...
HJ Sims raises $398 million for university-based life plan community under construction
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 22, 2021
Fairfield, CT-based investment bank and wealth management firm HJ Sims closed this month on a $398.1 million tax-exempt and taxable bond issue for a new life plan community being constructed on the grounds...
Celebrate 52 McKnight’s Women of Distinction tomorrow
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Lois A. Bowers
May 17, 2021
One Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, 19 Hall of Honor inductees, 15 Veteran VIPs and 17 Rising Stars will be feted tomorrow during the third annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards ceremony....
Depositor surveys, operating expenses play important role in feasibility studies post-COVID
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Amy Novotney
Aug 27, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought additional challenges to the process of developing, opening and expanding a new senior living community. But so far, operators are finding that most seniors who put down...
Ziegler: Check out these relief options for seniors housing operators who don’t qualify for SBA help
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Amy Novotney
Apr 10, 2020
Since President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act on March 27, much of the focus has been on the Paycheck Protection Program and securing funds for small businesses...
Publicly traded nursing homes see little financial effect from pandemic: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has not resulted in the forecast financial damage for the long-term care industry, according to data reviewed in a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics.