In a challenging interest rate environment, maximize cash flow, experts advise senior housing investors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2023
Current interest rates and operating costs are pricing some would-be owners out of the senior housing and care market, and making it difficult for others looking for opportunistic growth, according to...
74 percent of workers are concerned about their well-being at work: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2023
Seventy-four percent of US workers are “moderately” or “highly” concerned about their workplace well-being, according to the results of the 2023 EBRI/Greenwald Research Workplace Wellness Survey.
Monarch Communities, Welltower launch The Current brand with Weymouth, MA, community
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2023
Marsh, MD-based Monarch Communities, together with real estate investment trust Welltower, opened a “wellness-focused senior living concept” this week in Weymouth, MA. The Current Weymouth is the first...
American Healthcare REIT now owns 76 percent of Trilogy Health Services
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 15, 2024
American Healthcare REIT owns 76% of Trilogy Health Services as of April 15, AHR reported Tuesday during an earnings call.
‘Ladders and lattices’ provide career opportunities for CNAs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 10, 2024
Providers would be wise to develop “ladders and lattices” to help certified nursing assistants advance in their healthcare careers, JAMDA, the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, reported.
Raise the Wage Act would boost federal spending by $27 billion, CBO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 03, 2024
The Raise the Wage Act of 2023, by increasing the federal minimum wage above $7.25 an hour for the first time in more than a decade, would boost spending for major federal healthcare programs by about...
NLRB, OSHA partner to protect employees who report workplace violations
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 02, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration are teaming up to further protect whistleblowers.
Program trains high school students to graduate as CNAs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2024
A high school program in San Diego is striving to train certified nursing assistants so they are available for work as soon as they graduate.
Federal government to investigate private equity’s influence on nursing homes, HCBS, home health
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and Health and Human Services Department have announced plans to jointly investigate private equity’s influence on healthcare.
Pennant Group, John Muir form home health joint venture
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2024
A subsidiary of The Pennant Group will manage the home health business of the Concord, CA-based John Muir Health Center under the terms of a joint venture announced Tuesday. The deal was effective Jan....