Omega Healthcare Investors and Maplewood Senior Living hope to open their Manhattan high-rise assisted living and memory care community “as soon as possible,” Omega Chief Corporate Development Officer...
As HHS gives $4.9 billion to nursing homes, provider groups ‘disappointed’ that COVID-19 support...
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Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2020
Nobody in long-term care is begrudging skilled nursing facilities for the $4.9 billion that began flowing to providers on Friday to fight effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but associations are asking federal...
$3 billion addition to Provider Relief Fund ‘falls woefully short,’ provider groups say
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill is on its way to the president’s desk after being passed by both houses of Congress by late Monday. Trade associations representing senior living operators, however,...
Assisted living communities in Virginia slated to receive $20 million to fund COVID-19-related efforts
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 22, 2020
Assisted living communities in Virginia will receive $20 million from the state to support their responses to COVID-19, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The state also has begun naming facilities where...
New Senior to move 21 communities from Holiday to Atria to diversify portfolio
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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...
Pandemic effects ‘pronounced,’ but business drivers ‘firmly intact,’ Welltower says
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2020
The pandemic, as expected, had a “pronounced” effect on Welltower’s financial results in the second quarter, especially those results related to senior living and skilled nursing, Chairman and CEO...
LTC Properties defers or abates $2 million in rent as operators feel ‘some stress’
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Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2022
Long-term care operators felt “some stress” in the first quarter as they continued to confront labor pressures and inflation, LTC Properties Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson said Friday during the Westlake...
Pandemic has distinct effects for independent living and middle-market senior living operators, REITs...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2020
Operators of independent living communities and operators of senior living communities targeting middle-income individuals have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that differ from other senior living...
Be ready as OSHA vows to ‘hold businesses accountable’ after Supreme Court halts COVID vaccine mandate
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2022
Breathing a sigh of relief after Thursday’s Supreme Court stay of a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers? Not so fast, legal experts say.
A new chapter along the array of care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2021
LeadingAge Minnesota’s retiring chief, Gayle Kvenvold, shares insights gleaned over a 52-year career and discusses how the industry has changed, what’s in store for the future, lessons from the...