$1.2 million nursing home quality initiative to be spearheaded by LeadingAge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
LeadingAge will use a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to work to improve nursing home quality based on the recommendations of a recent national report, the foundation...
Skilled nursing occupancy has ‘taken a jolt’ as delta variant spreads: NIC survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2021
Skilled nursing occupancy has “taken a jolt” in the past 30 days, according to National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Senior Principal Lana Peck said, citing results of Wave 32 of the...
Bill aims to protect nursing home residents during infectious disease outbreaks
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2022
The New Jersey Assembly’s Aging and Senior Services Committee, on Thursday passed a bill “Sally’s Law,” that aims to provide nursing home residents greater protections during periods of infectious...
Staff vaccination helps COVID-19 cases, deaths recede in second quarter: analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 03, 2021
Increasing vaccination rates among staff members and residents at many long-term care facilities led to a bit of a break from COVID-19 in June, according to Kaiser Family Foundation analysis released yesterday.
New venture joins large assisted living provider with company marking first foray into senior living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 14, 2021
The fifth generation of the Fogg family, Oregon’s largest assisted living provider, has partnered on a new venture with the Giustina family, which operates one of Oregon’s oldest timber companies,...
Diversicare Healthcare Services looks to solidify DAC merger in fourth quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 11, 2021
Diversicare Healthcare Services reported a third quarter net loss of $2.9 million in a press release issued Tuesday. The company recorded a net profit of $3.2 million in the same period in 2020.
Weighted average occupancy at Brookdale Senior Living in the first quarter was “relatively flat” compared with such occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2021, avoiding the seasonal occupancy decline...
OSHA re-opens dialogue on developing COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 23, 2022
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration will hold a virtual hearing April 27 about developing a final standard to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from workplace exposure...
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...
Canceling OSHA healthcare standard puts workers in ‘grave danger,’ unions tell court
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2022
The federal government has placed healthcare workers in “grave danger” by withdrawing portions of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard,...