SNFs, CCRCs ‘off the pace’ for recruiting, retaining workers: Fitch
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 16, 2024
Skilled nursing facilities and continuing care retirement / life plan communities “are still well off the pace needed to reach a full post-pandemic recovery” in terms of their workforces, according...
Fitch says ratings changes could benefit SNF-heavy CCRCs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
Fitch Ratings’ proposed changes to the way it rates not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan communities are designed to provide “much more transparency around [communities] that don’t...
Fitch changes could affect ratings for 10 percent of CCRCs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 05, 2024
Ratings for 10% of the country’s not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan communities could be affected by changes being proposed by Fitch Ratings, the agency. The company released a draft...
Occupancy higher at entrance fee CCRCs compared with rental CCRCs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2024
The occupancy rate for entrance fee continuing care retirement / life plan communities was greater than 90% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Omar Zahraoui, principal at the National Investment...
A variety of models can help CCRC operators meet residents’ increasing healthcare needs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 16, 2024
Older adults are moving into senior living communities with more chronic conditions and healthcare needs than ever before, presenting challenges — as well as opportunities — for continuing care retirement...
Healthpeak sees record year for CCRC entrance fees, cash collection, as merger, potential portfolio sale...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2024
Denver-based Healthpeak Properties saw a record year of entrance fee sales and cash collection in 2023 for its portfolio of 15 continuing care retirement communities, Chief Financial Officer Pete Scott...
Eviction bill amendment does little to address real problem, industry experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2024
An amendment to a Wisconsin bill that would change the time attached to a senior living eviction notice would do little to address a “highly emotional and stressful time for everyone” and does not...
CCRC outlook not getting worse but also not improving much, Fitch says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2024
Fitch Ratings’ outlook for continuing care retirement / life plan communities is “deteriorating,” according to the company’s senior director and sector lead for life plan communities, Margaret...
Court rules in favor of CCRC in class action entrance fee case alleging consumer fraud
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 16, 2024
A provision in state law cited in a class action lawsuit against a continuing care retirement community only applies to food-related fraud and, therefore, cannot be used by residents and families to secure...
Fitch assigns ‘deteriorating’ outlook to CCRC sector for second consecutive year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2024
Fitch Ratings has assigned the continuing care retirement / life plan community sector a rating of “deteriorating” for the second year in a row.