California study holds lessons for middle-market providers nationwide: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2022
The first state-level assessment of middle-income older adults that the National Investment Center for Senior Housing & Care conducted has lessons for providers all over the country, NIC Senior Principal...
Omicron, costs, funding loss stalling long-term care recovery, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2022
Many factors are at work to slow long-term care recovery according to panelists at Wednesday’s Leadership Huddle of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
‘Pervasive’ staffing shortage poses dilemmas for skilled nursing sector
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2021
Staffing shortages have become “pervasive” nationwide since the pandemic began, and the acute shortage of nursing staff and aides in skilled nursing facilities likely has not hit rock bottom yet, National...
Ziegler predicts ‘fierce headwinds’ continuing into new year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 09, 2023
“Fierce headwinds” will keep blowing for long-term care providers in 2023, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler. Inflationary pressures and workforce challenges are still in play, but reasons...
Medicare claims data can aid development decisions: NIC MAP Vision
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 05, 2021
Operators trying to determine which markets are under- or over-served can use Medicare data to make better development decisions, according to Arick Morton, CEO of NIC MAP Vision.
Public-private partnerships system of generating capital is failing SNFs, research says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2022
The system of public-private partnerships for generating capital is failing the skilled nursing sector, according to the findings of a newly released research paper commissioned by the National Investment...
Challenge for senior living: Move from ‘siloed to seamless,’ NIC founder says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2022
A final driver shaping the future of senior living is “moving from siloed to seamless,” National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care founder and strategic adviser Robert Kramer wrote in the...
As use of technology rises, reliance on agency staff declines: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 13, 2023
Almost 9 in 10 (86%) senior living and care organizations are using technology to improve efficiencies in human resources, according to the latest Executive Survey Insights report released Friday by the...
Riverside, CA, first primary market to reach pre-pandemic stabilized occupancy level
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2022
Riverside, CA, is the first of the 31 primary markets that NIC MAP follows to reach its pre-pandemic stabilized occupancy level, according to the intra-quarterly snapshot released Thursday by the National...