Record merger, acquisition activity persists in senior living and care
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 21, 2023
As 2023 passes the halfway mark, not-for-profit senior living and care merger and acquisition activity continues at a record pace, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler.
Fitch offers bleak outlook for life plan communities for 2024
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2023
Continuing care retirement / life plan communities are facing “fierce economic headwinds” heading into next year, according to a report released Monday by Fitch Rating
More news for Friday, Jan. 27
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 27, 2023
Headwinds may stall CCRC recovery, Fitch Ratings says … Turnover rates among assisted living staff hold steady for most operators: report … FDA advisory committee votes on proposed COVID-19 vaccine...
CCRCs continue upward trend in occupancy recovery
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 20, 2024
Continuing care retirement / life plan community occupancy continues to grow, according to a new report from specialty investment bank Ziegler.
Kansas providers may face fee hike after audit reveals many wrongly paid cut-rate assessments
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2024
Continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes in Kansas could face additional scrutiny — and in some cases, higher fees — after a recent audit from the Kansas Medicaid inspector general’s...
‘Deteriorating’ outlook for CCRCs to continue for rest of year: Fitch
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 26, 2024
The “deteriorating” outlook for the not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan communities sector will continue for the rest of the year, “indicating our expectation that credit pressures...
Inflation, staffing pose pressures for not-for-profit life plan communities: Fitch Ratings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 29, 2022
The not-for-profit continuing care / life plan communities sector has “broadly recovered” from pandemic stressors, but challenges lie ahead. That’s according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.
‘No fluke’: life plan community residents report higher levels of wellness than other older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2023
Five years ago, Mather Institute set out to better understand the health and wellness effects of residing in a life plan community. The organization found that residents reported higher levels of wellness...
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...
CCRC residents ‘significantly safer’ from COVID deaths than older adults not living in congregate...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2023
SAN DIEGO—Residents of continuing care retirement communities were “significantly safer” from dying from COVID-19 than were older adults living in noncongregate residential settings in the greater...