Mounting rent deferrals leave analysts concerned about NHI’s recovery
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Amy Novotney
Feb 24, 2021
Weakened rent collection in the fourth quarter has led some analysts to express concerns about how quickly National Health Investors will be able to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet executives at...
OSHA to oversee whistleblower complaints under new laws
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Amy Novotney
Feb 23, 2021
The Department of Labor announced Friday that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration now oversees complaints of worker retaliation filed under two new whistleblower statutes: the Criminal Antitrust...
CareTrust emerges from 2020 with strong balance sheet; maintains dividends
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Amy Novotney
Feb 12, 2021
San Clemente, CA-based CareTrust REIT reported fourth-quarter net income Wednesday of $21.1 million, or 22 cents per share, and normalized funds available for distribution of $35.7 million, or 37 cents...
Long-term outlook strong for senior living: Baird
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Amy Novotney
Feb 09, 2021
Senior housing industry fundamentals likely will remain “negative and choppy” for the foreseeable future, but its long-term thesis looks strong, according to investment banking firm Baird.
Several long-term care-related firms on 2021 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index
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Amy Novotney
Jan 29, 2021
Several senior housing and care real estate investment trusts and private equity and commercial real estate firms are among the 380 companies across 11 sectors included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality...
Seattle start-up raises $4M to develop platform to help with long-term care labor shortages
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Amy Novotney
Jan 28, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed even more deeply the dire labor shortages facing the senior living and care industry. In response, Seattle-based startup Kevala now is working to help fill the gap.
Long-term care industry rebound won’t be quick, but it will happen
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Amy Novotney
Jan 21, 2021
As of Jan. 12, at least 136,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported among residents and employees of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for older adults in the United States, according to...
Ongoing concerns over pandemic recovery leads to NHI, Omega, Sabra downgrades from Mizuho
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Amy Novotney
Jan 14, 2021
An analysis released Wednesday from investment banking firm Mizuho Securities USA includes a downgrade of real estate investment trust National Health Investors to “underperform” from “neutral.”...
SNF occupancy edges slightly up in October but is still down nearly 10 percent from last year: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Jan 08, 2021
Occupancy rates at nursing homes across the country continued to be depressed in October, according to data from the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report, published by the National Investment Center for...
Skilled nursing operators will recover by 2022 — without federal help, says ratings agency
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Amy Novotney
Dec 17, 2020
Although many in the senior care industry have been focusing on the recent surge in COVID-19 deaths and record low skilled nursing occupancy rates, one ratings agency says it’s banking on a full recovery...