‘Put some meat on the bone’ to create meaningful diversity programs
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2021
Effective diversity, equity and inclusion in programs must do more than talk about workplace fairness or train employees about bias; they also must work to actively counter discrimination and promote representation.
Mission impossible? Not for nonprofits that act swiftly amid growing sellers pool
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2021
More than half all provider sponsorship transactions saw senior housing and care organizations switch from not-for-profit to for-profit status from 2010 through 2020.
Commercial real estate leaders say they’ll have plenty of access to capital in 2021
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2021
Commercial real estate investors are confident they’ll be able to get the cash needed to close deals in 2021, according to a recent poll by an investment management software company. Among 142 senior...
Justice Department touts aggressive enforcement against pandemic relief fraud
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2021
As thousands of long-term care operators and other businesses fought to retain employees and stay afloat over the past year, hundreds of others were working to defraud relief programs to the tune of $569...
List of companies requiring employee vaccination for COVID-19 growing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2021
As leaders in other industries begin dipping their toes in the COVID-19 vaccination mandate waters, the list of senior living providers that have that requirement is growing.
Intense rehab and transitional care providers have done well amid pandemic
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 23, 2021
Most of long-term care has found itself hobbled by low occupancy and consumers’ sustained fears during the pandemic, but one group has generally fared much better than the others: Providers focusing...
Business briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 14
Oct 13, 2020
Evans Senior Investments arranges sale of Class A seniors housing campus in Wisconsin … Oakmont Senior Living opens new assisted living community outside of Los Angeles … CPF Living Communities acquires...
How best to protect home health aides and patients? That’s a $2.5 million question
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2020
Improving health and safety to bolster home health workforce recruitment and retention is the goal of a new, $2.48 million research endeavor at the Safe Home Care Project of UMass Lowell.
LHC Group finalizes two new joint venture agreements in Georgia, purchases Colorado hospice provider
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2020
LHC Group, a provider of home- and community-based services in 35 states, has finalized two new joint ventures in Georgia and purchased a hospice provider in Colorado.
Habitat for Humanity urges integration of at-home health, social programs during pandemic and beyond
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Leaders from Habitat for Humanity and other housing and senior advocates are calling for approaches that better integrate health and social services delivered at home.