Older workers’ shift in priorities a benefit to employers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 22, 2024
By the time workers reach around age 60, their priorities often shift, with factors like engaging work and increased autonomy becoming top considerations, according to research from Bain & Company.
Sonida Senior Living to expand footprint via $103 million purchase of 8-community portfolio
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 19, 2024
Sonida Senior Living will acquire eight senior living communities in the Southeast in a $103 million transaction, the Dallas-based owner-operator announced Thursday. The news follows the company’s previous...
Workforce shortages in the healthcare industry are nothing new. But even with creative incentives and initiatives, continuing care retirement / life plan communities continue to struggle to recruit and...
Fitch Ratings finalizes updates to CCRCs rating criteria
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 20, 2024
Fitch Ratings has finalized changes to its ratings criteria for not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan communities to better reflect the risk profile for rated communities, the company...
Workforce participation expected to continue to decline, report finds
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 27, 2024
In another troubling sign for the ongoing staffing shortages facing the long-term care industry, a new report finds that US workforce participation among the prime working age population is continuing...
Home care, tech leaders share how providers can get started with AI
By
Adam Healy
Aug 19, 2024
The healthcare industry is facing an AI boom, and home care providers are left with questions as to how and why they should adopt AI tools.
Psychological well-being declines years before diagnosis of MCI
Aug 20, 2024
The findings were seen specifically for the components of purpose in life and personal growth.
Decision to remain in nursing home business a complicated one for some CCRCs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 21, 2024
Facing unrelenting staffing and reimbursement challenges, a significant share of life plan communities across the country have shed skilled nursing beds since the start of the pandemic.
Brookdale Senior Living continues pandemic recovery with occupancy, labor improvements
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2024
Brookdale Senior Living’s continued COVID-19 pandemic recovery in the second quarter was highlighted by occupancy gains, improvements in leadership retention and associate turnover, and the implementation...
Sonida Senior Living sees occupancy record, acquires 9 communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2024
Dallas-based Sonida Senior Living saw the highest occupancy in the history of its same-store portfolio and made “considerable” progress on its other growth initiatives, too, in the second quarter,...