Omega Healthcare Investors has ‘headroom’ to withstand LaVie’s bankruptcy: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors’ credit rating has enough of a cushion to weather the recent bankruptcy of tenant LaVie Care Centers, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
2 more operators announce affiliation plans
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 07, 2023
In a year marked by record merger and acquisition activity in senior housing and care, two more providers have announced affiliations with other companies.
Senior living company focuses on ‘upside’ of getting older
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2022
Peter Badgley and Jake Rothstein founded start-up company Upside two years ago, billing the firm as a “new category of senior living.”
Long-term care ‘full bore ahead’ on DEIB initiatives
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2023
Corporate diversity pledges have fallen off at some companies amid layoffs, according to media reports, but long-term care is “full bore ahead on [diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging],” a representative...
Senators debate whether Social Security funding increase is needed
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2024
Whether increased Social Security funding is needed was the focus of discussion at a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
38 percent of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, GAO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2023
An estimated 38% of workers have been subject to an NCA at some time in their careers, the US Government Accountability said in a new report.
Employers can’t penalize workers for time off taken under FMLA, court rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
Employers must consider and adjust performance expectations accordingly for time off that employees take under the Federal Medical Leave Act, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Senior living and care pricing could decrease due to cap rates, operating expenses: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 08, 2023
If not offset by record-setting rental rate growth, expected capitalization rate expansion and rising operating expenses could lead to a decrease in senior living and care pricing this year. That’s according...
Healthpeak reduces carbon footprint by 4 percent
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 22, 2023
Denver-based real estate investment trust Healthpeak Properties reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 4% in 2022, for an overall decrease of 43% over the past 12 years, on a like-for-like basis. That’s...
Apply for a job at your own organization ‘to evaluate processes, barriers and opportunities,’ committee...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 23, 2022
The American Hospital Association’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership affiliate this week released the first section in a three-part compendium that will focus on best practices to manage...