Genworth launches first LTC insurance plan in 5 years as Washington state residents consider ‘crazy’...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 12, 2024
The one-year anniversary of the effective date of Washington’s first-in-the nation mandatory, tax-based long-term care insurance program passed on July 1, but voters will have the opportunity to...
Business briefs, July 11
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2024
Assisted living managers in CCRCs see 4.64% salary bump: report … CCRC nursing staff pay, bonuses continue steady rise, outpacing cost-of-living … Brookdale continues push toward pre-pandemic occupancy...
HUD awards millions in ‘green’ funding to 17 affordable senior housing communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 26, 2024
Seventeen affordable seniors housing properties will receive funding ranging from $2.4 million to $20 million, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday as it makes available a...
Cafaro, Lynch among top paid execs at S&P 500 companies: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 20, 2024
Debra Cafaro, chairman and CEO of Ventas, and Karen Lynch, president and CEO of long-term care pharmacy Omnicare parent CVS Health, are among American’s top paid executives, according to an Equilar /...
Omega Healthcare Investors has ‘headroom’ to withstand LaVie’s bankruptcy: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors’ credit rating has enough of a cushion to weather the recent bankruptcy of tenant LaVie Care Centers, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
Travel can benefit both family caregivers and care recipients: AARP
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 11, 2024
Despite challenges, there are innate benefits for family caregivers when they do make trips with their care recipients, according to the results of a survey by the AARP.
12 Oaks implements systemwide EHR platform as it eyes value-based care initiatives
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 29, 2024
Dallas-based 12 Oaks Senior Living plans to transition all of its communities to the August Health electronic health records platform, with 12 Oaks President Greg Puklicz saying Tuesday that the move is...
Los Angeles, DC, New York top EPA’s list of cities with the most Energy Star-certified buildings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2024
Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and New York City are the three cities with the most Energy Star-certified buildings, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Business briefs, May 17
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2024
Improving staff experience key to long-term care staff retention efforts … Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction … FDA recalls software on ventilator that ‘may...
Industry groups launch online resource for senior living and care careers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 14, 2024
The Minnesota state partner of LeadingAge and Argentum and the state affiliate of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living have partnered on an online resource meant to...