Spending in home care outpaces other healthcare sectors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2024
Spending in home healthcare outpaced other healthcare sectors in November, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Wednesday.
Senior living and care among leaders in healthcare bankruptcies in 2023
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 26, 2024
Healthcare bankruptcies hit a record high last year, with long-term care second only to pharmaceutical companies in filings, according to a report published Thursday by healthcare restructuring advisory...
Favorable rate, occupancy growth bright spots for CCRCs still battling staffing shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2023
Favorable rate and occupancy growth are providing some relief to continuing care retirement / life plan communities as they claw their way back from pandemic-related staffing shortages, according to a...
Staffing issues continue to drive reduced admissions in SNFs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 18, 2023
Nursing home providers continue to struggle with staffing challenges as they aim to reboot admissions in the post-pandemic era, according to the newly released results of a recent Ziegler CFO Hotline survey.
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...
Senior housing and care lending relatively weak in second quarter: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2023
Senior living and care-related lending was relatively weak in the second quarter, likely due to yet another 0.25 percentage point rate increase from the Federal Reserve and significant disruptions among...
Skilled nursing occupancy holds steady as providers face expense pressures: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 02, 2023
Occupancy among skilled nursing facilities held steady in July overall, after increasing in June, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report, released Thursday by NIC MAP Vision.
Instability, disparity trend across SNF industry
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 02, 2023
“State-specific instability and disparity” is “the predominant trend this year” for skilled nursing providers, according to the “38th SNF Cost Comparison and Industry Trends Report” delivered...
CCRC ratings unlikely to be affected by SNF staffing mandates: Fitch
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
The minimum staffing rule that most nursing homes will be required to meet within the next three years will add to staffing pressures at continuing care retirement / life plan communities, but it will...
Nursing care has fastest-growing prices of healthcare sectors
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2023
Prices for nursing home care grew the fastest in June among the major healthcare categories, at 6.2%. Prices for home healthcare increased by 4.4%.