Assisted living, memory care benefit from $40 million USDA investment
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 22, 2017
A Pennsylvania long-term care provider will use a $40 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to build a 123-unit assisted living facility and a 10- to 15-bed memory care unit, the department...
NHI transitions Autumn Leaves, Regency communities to new owners
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 08, 2019
A “busy” past several months for Murfreesboro, TN-based National Health Investors included transitioning nine senior living communities to new owners, President and CEO Eric Mendelsohn said Tuesday...
91 groups, individuals praise bipartisan Alzheimer’s-related efforts in Senate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 14, 2020
Twenty-seven organizations and 64 individuals told Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) that they are “particularly encouraged” by the lawmakers’ recommendation that the Center for...
CDC: More than one-third of those 75+ not physically active
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2016
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that 26.9% of people aged 65 to 74 years and 35.3% of people aged 75 or more years are not physically active beyond the basic movements...
Frailty could make older adults more susceptible to dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2019
Older adults who are frail are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s dementia, new research published in The Lancet Neurology journal suggests.
Ventas: ‘Optimism remains’ about senior housing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 29, 2019
Ventas executives said Friday that they have high expectations for performance in the real estate investment trust’s U.S. senior living portfolio over the next five years, although they don’t expect...
Labor Department tells senior living operator that sales employees are nonexempt, deserve back wages
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 23, 2019
The operator of a Tennessee senior living community agreed to pay $81,008 in back wages and liquidated damages after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division said the community’s sales...
5 ways senior living organizations are reducing benefits costs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 28, 2016
Senior living operators are taking or considering several steps to address high costs related to benefits, according to results of a new survey by Argentum.
Fall death rate increasing 4.9% annually
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 08, 2017
The death rate from unintentional falls for adults aged 65 or more years has been increasing an average of 4.9% per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Report: Pricing, sales activity declines could come in 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2016
Concerns related to overbuilding could lead to declines in pricing and sales activity in some senior housing markets in 2016, predicts Integra Realty Resources.