Kindred announces $4.1 billion sale to consortium including Humana, equity firms
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 19, 2017
Kindred Healthcare on Tuesday confirmed media reports of a sale that had been published just days earlier, announcing that its board had agreed to sell the company to a consortium of three companies —...
AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2020
“The question all state officials must consider is whether the risk of introducing a virus with an estimated 30% or higher mortality rate into a nursing home or assisted living community outweighs...
34 senior living organizations recognized for providing ‘outstanding experience’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 14, 2019
Thirty-four senior living and care organizations have been recognized as winners in NRC Health’s first Customer Approved Awards and Employee Approved Awards, the healthcare consumer data and content...
Reporting requirements tied to federal COVID aid remain uncertain for assisted living operators
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 18, 2020
Private-pay assisted living operators cheered when the Department of Health and Human Services announced that they could apply for COVID-19-related aid from the Provider Relief Fund. The announcement,...
NAHB names finalists for 2016 Best of 55+ Housing Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2015
Independent and assisted living communities as well as CCRCs are among the finalists selected from entries representing projects, marketing efforts, lifestyle offerings and corporate and individual efforts...
Peer death affects CEO acquisition decisions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2016
A CEO will engage in fewer acquisitions after the death of an independent director, according to newly published research.
OIG finds potentially ‘significant’ health and safety issues at HCBS sites
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2019
Kentucky put at risk the health and safety of some older and disabled adults receiving home- and community-based services through section 1915(c) Medicaid waivers because its annual inspections were “insufficient,”...
Brookdale tops ASHA 50 lists
Sep 21, 2015
Brookdale Senior Living is the largest seniors housing and real estate owner and operator, according to the American Seniors Housing Association. The company tops both ASHA 50 lists for 2015.
Ombudsman challenges operator’s post-hurricane assessment to residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 13, 2017
A Florida senior living community operator says that a $350 extra assessment it is charging residents in the wake of Hurricane Irma is permissible under the terms of its residency agreement. The state...
3 assisted living residents die after eating Thanksgiving dinner
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 29, 2016
Three California assisted living residents have died after apparently contracting cases of foodborne illness at a holiday event, according to public health officials.