Demographic disparities play significant role in retirement savings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2022
Many American workers could be woefully short of the funds needed to pay for home care, senior living or skilled nursing facility care, according to a new report by the nonprofit Transamerica Center for...
Gender-based wage disparities remain: What’s the gap in your state?
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 04, 2022
Even now, gender-based wage disparities still exist across the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s analysis of data from the 2019 American Community Survey.
Brookdale Senior Living, Pennant, Sabra Health Care REIT and Welltower reported their third-quarter earnings on Tuesday. Here’s a roundup.
53 percent of older women in new survey don’t think their income will last
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2023
Fifty-three percent of Peak 65 women — those aged 61 to 65 — do not think their retirement savings and sources of income will last their lifetime,
Genworth launches first LTC insurance plan in 5 years as Washington state residents consider ‘crazy’...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 12, 2024
The one-year anniversary of the effective date of Washington’s first-in-the nation mandatory, tax-based long-term care insurance program passed on July 1, but voters will have the opportunity to...
Acts Retirement-Life, Mease Life consider affiliation
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2023
Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement–Life Communities and Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, have signed a letter of intent to explore a possible affiliation. A due diligence review has begun, and the companies...
Mease Life affiliates with Acts Retirement–Life Communities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2023
Continuing care retirement community Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, and Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement-Life Communities have finalized their affiliation after signing a letter of intent in April...
Bipartisan bills meant to streamline employers’ healthcare reporting requirements
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 06, 2023
Two pieces of legislation meant to streamline employers’ healthcare reporting requirements are drawing support from the long-term care industry.
Genesis Healthcare transitions organizational model
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2021
Genesis Healthcare announced Friday an organizational shift toward a market-focused model meant to help the company focus on its recovery.
Seniors retiring early could adversely affect long-term care bottom line
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2021
Senior living communities could see a reduction in move-ins in coming years as people retire early but with inadequate savings to cover their later-in-life needs, according to a Bloomberg opinion piece.