NIC’s Mace to present on market fundamentals at McKnight’s Online Expo tomorrow; COVID-19 session...
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Amy Novotney
Mar 18, 2020
National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Chief Economist Beth Burnham Mace will examine senior living and skilled nursing fundamentals and the outlook for the sectors tomorrow during a McKnight’s...
Fed ramps up bond program; House passes coronavirus relief bill
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Amy Novotney
Mar 16, 2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve launched an accelerated wave of $37 billion of Treasury security purchases on Friday under the updated market liquidity measures it announced on Thursday to address volatile conditions...
Poll: More than one-third of Americans think coronavirus will have a personal financial impact
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Amy Novotney
Mar 06, 2020
Thirty-seven percent of Americans now believe the coronavirus will negatively affect their personal financial situation, suggests a poll conducted by market research firm Ipsos, and that number likely...
Single-property operators generally saw smaller occupancy declines during 2020 than very large ones:...
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Amy Novotney
Apr 02, 2021
The largest senior housing operators — those with 25 or more properties — experienced the greatest drops in occupancy during the pandemic, according to a National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an estimated 4M workers prematurely retiring: analysis
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Amy Novotney
Mar 31, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an estimated 4 million workers prematurely retiring, according to an economic report released Tuesday by the nonprofit Alliance for Lifetime Income.
Senior living indirectly benefits from $5.3T in COVID-19 stimulus offers, but economists concerned about...
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Amy Novotney
Mar 30, 2021
The U.S. federal government has passed an unprecedented $5.3 trillion in stimulus packages in an effort to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the short term, these efforts appear to...
Bill intended to protect older workers from discrimination re-introduced in Congress
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Amy Novotney
Mar 24, 2021
A bipartisan group of senators re-introduced a measure Monday aimed at making it easier for older Americans to bring work-related age discrimination cases against their employers.
Long-term care staff now more accepting of vaccination: study
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Amy Novotney
Mar 22, 2021
Employees within senior living and care facilities now say they are much more amenable to getting vaccinated for COVID-19 than they were in December, according to survey results collected by human capital...
Despite COVID setback, investors on track to make money in senior living, Merrill president says
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Amy Novotney
Mar 15, 2021
The last three decades in the senior living industry have seen several major recessions and breaches of confidence, but all of them also have provided an opportunity for the sector to come back stronger...
Concerns over understaffing, family needs likely turnover culprits during pandemic: study
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Amy Novotney
Mar 02, 2021
A substantial percentage of direct care workers have experienced a series of external and work-related challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading many to leave their jobs within long-term care, according...