Senior living recovery uneven across markets, but sector remains ‘agile and resilient’: NIC analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2021
Senior housing demand overall began to recover in the second quarter and registered its strongest increase in the third quarter, but some areas are recovering more quickly than others, according to Beth...
Staffing shortages ease for SNFs, but they’re not out of the woods yet
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2022
Skilled nursing properties reporting shortages of nursing staff dropped from 28% in January to 20.8% in September, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Entrance-fee CCRCs outpace rental ones in occupancy
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 20, 2023
Continuing care retirement / life plan communities that charge an entrance fee have fared better lately in terms of occupancy than rental communities, according to specialty investment bank Zigler.
Skilled nursing occupancy begins year with ‘positive momentum’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 03, 2023
Skilled nursing occupancy increased 49 basis points from December to January, to end the month at 81%, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s most recent skilled nursing...
Pace of move-ins accelerates across senior living, skilled nursing: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 08, 2023
The share of operators reporting an acceleration in the pace of move-ins in the past 30 days has increased across all care and service segments, according to the results of the latest Executive Survey...
As lead volumes grow, most operators expect pre-pandemic occupancy in 2022: NIC survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 01, 2021
Senior housing and care market fundamentals may have reached a turning point at the end of March, according to results of an executive survey released Thursday by the National Investment Center for Seniors...
Senior living investors re-examine portfolios: NIC Leadership Huddle
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2021
Despite seeing lower occupancy levels through the pandemic, senior living investors are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel, according to panelists at last week’s Leadership Huddle of the National...
Nearly half of senior living properties see occupancy increase
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 03, 2021
Approximately 18% of properties within the 31 NIC MAP Vision primary markets, and 18% of properties within the 68 secondary markets, reported an increase in occupancy rates in the second quarter, according...
Senior housing loan delinquencies decline for third consecutive quarter; nursing care loan delinquencies...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 16, 2021
Following a pandemic-related high of 3.8% in the third quarter of 2020, delinquencies as a share of total loans for senior living declined for the third consecutive quarter and stood at 1.2% in the second...
Lender gives reasons to be ‘bullish’ on senior housing and care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2021
The senior living sector no doubt has seen pandemic-related challenges, but “the fundamentals of the business are sound,” according to Matthew Ruark, senior vice president of commercial and healthcare...