Inflation drives unstable bond financing in first half of 2022: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2022
Driven by inflation, bond financing has been slow and unstable during the first half of the year, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler.
Senior housing investment takes a ‘modest step back’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2022
The economic recovery embraced by senior housing investors a year ago is still happening, but it has taken a “modest step back” in the face of increasing costs, inflation and interest rate hikes, Beth...
Court to determine employer liability when workers take COVID-19 home to families
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2022
Can a spouse or family member of an employee sue you if the worker brings COVID-19 into the home?
EEOC changes guidance on when employers can require COVID-19 testing of workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2022
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has updated its guidance on when employers can require COVID-19 testing with respect to people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act restricts...
Employer faces ADA lawsuit even though it has no proof that employee has medical condition
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2022
A Pennsylvania long-term care provider is facing a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act even though the plaintiff, a fired employee, may not have a qualifying medical condition.
Survey: Only 10 percent of Americans have long-term care coverage
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2022
Seventy percent of Americans over the age of 65 likely will need long-term care, yet only 10% of them are carrying long-term care coverage, according to the results of a recent survey by the Arctos Foundation...
Senior living investors anticipate rising cap rates over next year, survey shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2022
More than 71% of investors expect rising interest rates and other pressures to push capitalization rates up over the next 12 months. That’s according to respondents in the ninth annual Wealth Management...
Record Social Security bump could push seniors into higher tax bracket, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2022
Social Security recipients could see a record 10.5% cost of living adjustment next year, the bipartisan Senior Citizen League predicts, but that could bump some beneficiaries into higher tax brackets....
Long-term care M and A declined 3 percent in second quarter but still is elevated from 2021
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2022
Mergers and acquisitions in long-term care declined 3% in the second quarter from the first, according to data released this month by LevinPro LTC.
Spot occupancy spikes in June, Welltower reports
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 14, 2022
Spot occupancy in Welltower’s U.S. senior housing operating portfolio rose 120 basis points (1.2%) in the second quarter, with half of that increase occurring in the last two weeks of June, according...