SNF occupancy hits record low again in January: NIC report
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Amy Novotney
Apr 06, 2021
Occupancy continued to be challenged as the skilled nursing industry navigated the first months of 2021, according to the latest monthly skilled nursing data report from the National Investment Center...
Senior living indirectly benefits from $5.3T in COVID-19 stimulus offers, but economists concerned about...
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Amy Novotney
Mar 30, 2021
The U.S. federal government has passed an unprecedented $5.3 trillion in stimulus packages in an effort to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the short term, these efforts appear to...
Analysts mull recovery prospects for seniors housing REITs
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Amy Novotney
May 18, 2020
A week after the sector’s largest companies reported first-quarter earnings, several analysts have shared their views on how healthcare real estate investment trusts are faring amidst the ongoing COVID-19...
Long-term care community design affects COVID-19 infection control: study
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Amy Novotney
Feb 03, 2022
Resident COVID-19 infection rates were significantly higher in single-site long-term care facilities with stand-alone buildings than in facilities with smaller, detached buildings, according to a new meta-analysis.
Financial incentives might tempt facilities to admit infected residents: LA Times
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Amy Novotney
May 05, 2020
In an industry devastated by the coronavirus, some patient advocates and industry experts fear nursing home operators may seek to take advantage of the premium pay offered for admitting COVID-19-positive...
Department of Labor announces virus-related liability protections in light of executive order
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Amy Novotney
Apr 29, 2020
In a move that may provide leverage in the battle for legal immunity for long-term care providers, the Department of Labor released a statement Tuesday providing some liability protections for meat industry...
Fitch lowers life plan community sector outlook to negative, but no all-encompassing rating action
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Amy Novotney
May 27, 2020
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on life plan communities to negative last week, reflecting the rating agency’s concern that many of COVID’s risks still lie ahead.
Investing in private rooms may have prevented nearly a third of COVID-19 long-term care infections, deaths:...
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Amy Novotney
Apr 27, 2021
Greater investment in proper infrastructure, including private rooms and adequate staffing, likely would have gone a long way in protecting long-term care residents from COVID-19 outbreaks, an international...
Sagepoint Senior Living cleared of $440,000 in infection control citations from beginning of COVID-19...
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Amy Novotney
Apr 29, 2021
One year after an inspection by the Office of Healthcare Quality, an independent administrative law judge has overturned all violations found against Maryland assisted living and skilled nursing operator...
Confluent, MorningStar break ground on new community incorporating infection control design changes
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Amy Novotney
Jan 28, 2021
Co-developers Confluent Senior Living and MorningStar Senior Living broke ground Wednesday on the development of an urban infill community in Denver’s Observatory Park neighborhood.