Pandemic likely to worsen financial woes for assisted living operators
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 10, 2020
Assisted living facilities have come under increased scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenges include deepening financial pressures, sicker residents, limited oversight and too few employees....
HumanGood completes $35 million renovation project in southern California
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 14, 2024
Duarte, CA-based HumanGood has completed a $35 million renovation at The Gardens, an affordable senior housing community in Glendale, CA.
New ruling could be expensive for employers that violate labor laws
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2023
Providers could find themselves paying heftier fines in 2023 for labor law violations.
Silver lining of Build Back Better bill collapse: opportunities for improvements, providers say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 21, 2021
With Democrats’ plans to vote on the $2 trillion Build Back Better social spending bill derailed by a surprise “no vote” announcement from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), the senior living and care industry...
Jobs Corps program extended through Sept. 30, receives $1.76 billion in funding
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
Congress awarded the Job Corps program $1.76 billion in funding through Sept. 30 as part of the $1.2 trillion package approved Saturday. This maintains the program’s fiscal 2023 funding level, according...
63-SNF Regency becomes new nonprofit, Wellsential Health
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 10, 2023
The Victoria, TX-based organization now known as Wellsential Health now is the largest family of nonprofit SNFs in Texas, according to the company.
American Healthcare REIT ‘optimistic’ about senior housing despite third-quarter performance
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2022
Senior housing remains a “challenge,” but American Healthcare REIT is expecting to rebuild occupancy across its portfolio as inflationary pressures ease, the company told investors in a third-quarter...
24 state attorneys general threaten legal action over ‘disastrous and counterproductive’ vaccine...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2021
President Joe Biden’s plan to require employers with 100 or more workers to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or frequent testing is meeting with opposition at the state level, with 24 Republican attorneys...
Shoring up direct care workforce will take investment in recruitment, retention, career advancement,...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2023
Investments in recruitment, retention and career advancement opportunities are needed to stem the shrinking direct care workforce, researchers said Thursday in Health Affairs.
NHI sends default notice to tenant for legacy Holiday Retirement portfolio
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2021
National Health Investors received no rent for the third quarter ($4.8 million owed) or fourth quarter to date ($4.3 million) from its tenant for its legacy Holiday Retirement portfolio of 17 properties,...