SNFs and memory care units reporting improvements in occupancy rates: NIC survey
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 04, 2020
More organizations that deliver care for those with greater needs — including skilled nursing and memory care units — have been reporting occupancy improvements, according to data collected from the...
More than 8 in 10 SNFs have seen occupancy decline in the past month; senior living also report reductions:...
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 24, 2020
Eighty-four percent of skilled nursing facility operators saw declines in their occupancy rates compared with one month ago, according to data collected from owners and executives at 105 long-term care...
Senior living occupancy declines slowed in February as COVID-19 cases fell and vaccinations rose: NIC
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 18, 2021
The occupancy rate within majority independent living organizations fell just 0.2% last month. It was a new low of 82.5%, but the drop was the smallest month-over-month decline since March 2020, when the...
Lenders still bullish on senior housing; expect 2022 to be more borrower-friendly
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Amy Novotney
Feb 11, 2021
The senior housing financing markets have evolved over the course of the pandemic — as lenders and owners both adapted in real-time — to unprecedented asset level revenue declines exacerbated by operating...
Senior living occupancy continued to slip in December: NIC
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 13, 2021
The occupancy rate within majority assisted living properties declined again in December, falling to 77.7%, according to the latest intra-quarterly snapshot released Tuesday by the National Investment...
Assisted and independent living hit new occupancy lows: NIC
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 17, 2020
The stabilized occupancy rate for majority assisted living properties fell again in November, dropping 0.1 percentage point to 80.6%.
Omicron, costs, funding loss stalling long-term care recovery, experts say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2022
Many factors are at work to slow long-term care recovery according to panelists at Wednesday’s Leadership Huddle of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Senior housing investment takes a ‘modest step back’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2022
The economic recovery embraced by senior housing investors a year ago is still happening, but it has taken a “modest step back” in the face of increasing costs, inflation and interest rate hikes, Beth...
Senior living must boost consumer confidence after pandemic: senior living community exec
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2021
Senior living operators must look at ways to boost consumer confidence after months of declining occupancy during the pandemic, according to Ken Segarnick, chief corporate officer at New Jersey-based Brandywine...
Bank merger ‘really good’ for LTC borrowers: People’s United exec
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2021
“Borrowers will have more solutions” when the merger of M&T Bank and People’s United is complete in October, People’s United’s market manager of healthcare financial services Matthew Huber recently...