‘Inflationary environment,’ ‘pent-up transactional demand’ driving momentum of senior housing...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2021
As the economy slowly rises from the pandemic, the “inflationary environment” and “pent-up transactional demand over the past 18 months or so,” real estate investment trusts are dealing in common...
Wages, job quality top direct care concerns moving into next decade: PHI
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 08, 2021
An aging population, along with high turnover among care workers, could pose continuing challenges to the long-term care industry in the coming decade, according to a new report from the advocacy group...
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...
M&A activity in long-term care shrinks 9 percent during first quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 14, 2022
Mergers and acquisitions activity slowed by 9% in the first quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 2021, according to data released Wednesday from LevinPro.
Fitch offers bleak outlook for life plan communities for 2024
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2023
Continuing care retirement / life plan communities are facing “fierce economic headwinds” heading into next year, according to a report released Monday by Fitch Rating
Price of proposed nursing home staffing mandate? Try $11.3B a year, new AHCA report finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 16, 2022
The American Health Care Association Thursday released an updated report from accounting and consulting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP detailing the costs of a potential federal staffing mandate for America’s...
Long-term care lending increases in second half of 2021: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2022
Lending to long-term care providers picked up in the second half of 2021, according to results of a Ziegler / National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care lending survey released Friday.
Labor challenges a continued sore spot for CCRCs, Fitch Ratings says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 24, 2023
Labor challenges are a continued pain point for continuing care retirement / life plan communities, according to a recent report from Fitch Ratings.
Home care is losing employees to retail, restaurants
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 28, 2022
As the oldest members of the baby boomer generation age, many of them want to age in their own homes. At the same time, low-wage home care workers are finding easier jobs with equal or better pay in retail...
Benefits associated with family care are in high demand: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 08, 2023
Almost half of the 608 American workers surveyed by Alegeus said they spend most or all of the annual benefits associated with family care that their employers offer. Those benefits include elder care,...