End of pandemic-era payments to family caregivers could complicate workforce shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2023
During the pandemic, most states allowed some form of payment to family caregivers whose loved ones were receiving Medicaid home- and community-based services. As those payments dry up, workforce shortages...
Public policy must address flaws in long-term care financing, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2024
Public policy needs to address flaws in Medicaid funding and encourage private planning for long-term care, according to experts speaking Tuesday during a panel discussion hosted by the Paragon Health...
Skilled nursing occupancy tops 82 percent for first time since April 2020
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 07, 2023
Skilled nursing occupancy is up 142 basis points year over year as of the end of August. Occupancy reached 82.3% in August, topping 82% for the first time since April 2020, according to the latest Skilled...
The needs of middle-class Americans over 55 often go unmet: SCEPA
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2023
Many adults aged 55 and older who have difficulty with daily and instrumental activities aren’t getting the help they need, research associate Jessica Forden of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy...
Operator faces nearly $1M in damages for alleged racketeering
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 16, 2023
A group of nursing home residents and their families asked the 11th Circuit Court earlier this month to revive a 2018 class action suit accusing the operator of several skilled nursing facilities in Florida...
Home health is fastest-growing component of national health spending
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 08, 2024
Year-over-year growth in the home health space was 13.5% in October, making it the fastest-growing component of national health spending, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators...
With projected Fed decreases, investor confidence is rising
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 21, 2024
The past few years have been challenging on debt markets in real estate, particularly in the senior living and care market, but a “boost in investor confidence” is occurring now, according to Jason...
Long-term care deal volume down as 2024 approaches
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2023
As long-term care operators prepare for 2024, the volume of senior housing and care deals is down, Paul Branin, vice president of business development at management and consulting firm Health Dimensions...
Nursing homes struggle with tighter reimbursement environment, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
Nursing home funding challenges, capital and private equity firms were among the subjects of a webinar Tuesday sponsored by the Long Term Care Community Coalition.
RN wages projected to grow more rapidly than wages for other professions, study finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2023
Registered nurse salaries are projected to increase over the next decade at a rate that surpasses the rate of increases for some other healthcare professions, according to the results of a recent study...