Union workers picket outside Pennsylvania nursing facilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2021
More than 4,000 union workers in Pennsylvania picketed outside of nursing homes Tuesday in protest of what they said are decades-old nursing regulations in need of updating.
Publicly traded nursing homes see little financial effect from pandemic: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has not resulted in the forecast financial damage for the long-term care industry, according to data reviewed in a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics.
Actions & Transactions, May 21
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 21, 2021
Veterans home project adds $269M skilled nursing facility … Sacramento City Council approves increased funding for affordable senior housing community … . Monarch Development plans affordable senior...
LTC unions urge CDC to revise masking guidance for vaccinated individuals to protect workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 21, 2021
Unions representing registered nurses and others who work in long-term care are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reconsider its May 13 guidance on mask-wearing and social distancing...
Actions & Transactions, May 18
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2021
Odin Healthcare Center rebrands as Odin Health & Rehab Center… Goddard/Homestead builds continuing care retirement community on former school property … LifeStar Living closes on St. Petersburg location...
Lawmakers propose adding state to multistate licensing pact to ease nursing shortage
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 14, 2021
Illinois Senate Bill 2068, sponsored by state Sen. Sarah Feigenholtz (D-Chicago) would add Illinois to a multistate nurse licensure compact, allowing registered nurses and LPNs licensed in any of the 34...
Actions & Transactions, May 11
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 11, 2021
White Oak Healthcare Finance acts as sole lender and administrative agent on $25M senior credit facility for Aspen Skilled Healthcare … … Senior Living Investment Brokerage arranges sale of a 116-unit...
Addressing racial, ethnic disparities could improve nursing care: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 11, 2021
To curb the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes and other facilities, and to protect vulnerable populations, nursing homes may need to make deliberate efforts in communities with a higher concentration...
Senior living occupancy reaches new record low of 78.8 percent in first quarter: NIC
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 08, 2021
Occupancy at U.S. senior living communities — independent living and assisted living combined — reached a record low of 78.8% in the first quarter, according to new NIC MAP data released today. The...
Sunrise Senior Living to exit 46 UK communities, focus on North America
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 20, 2021
McLean, VA-based Sunrise Senior Living will exit as manager of 46 communities in the United Kingdom that operate under the Sunrise and Gracewell Healthcare brands as it focuses on its communities in the...