Ventas portfolio sees 5 consecutive months of occupancy growth: CEO
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 09, 2021
Ventas Chairman and CEO Debra Cafaro said Friday that she sees a clear path to growth for the Chicago-based real estate investment trust and is committed to “winning the recovery.”
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
To mandate or not to mandate? That is the COVID vaccination question for some senior living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 18, 2021
Some senior living operators are instituting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, but others are weighing their options.
Enlivant reaches 90 percent vaccination rate for workers, residents; still reaching for 100 percent
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 14, 2021
Enlivant announced Friday that 90% of its workers and residents have been vaccinated against COVID-19 through its “Together We Can Do It” campaign.
Civitas Senior Living joins providers mandating employee COVID-19 vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 22, 2021
Civitas Senior Living is the latest senior living owner and operator to announce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees.
Long-term care staff vaccine hesitancy: Safety, efficacy, newness, distrust top factors
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 22, 2021
Safety, efficacy and the newness of the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as distrust of the government, were among the major factors that long-term care and other healthcare workers cited as reasons for not receiving...
COVID-19 vaccine now a condition of employment for some senior living operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2021
Some senior living operators are moving to make a COVID-19 vaccination a condition of employment to more quickly mitigate the effect of the virus in their communities.
Vaccine advice from your peers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2021
Many are viewing the vaccine as a gift of sorts, a solution to end the months of extra safety precautions and social isolation that everyone has endured. But if you have staff members or residents who...
New Senior to move 21 communities from Holiday to Atria to diversify portfolio
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2021
New Senior Investment Group will transition the management of 21 senior living communities in its 103-community portfolio from Holiday Retirement to Atria Senior Living in an effort to diversify the operator...
Staff vaccine rates climb to almost 100 percent at Atria, Holiday communities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Louisville, KY-based Atria Senior Living and its recent acquisition, Winter Park, FL-based Holiday Retirement, have reached staff vaccine participation levels of almost 100% across a combined today of...