Survey: Older adults prefer assisted living over home health or nursing home care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2018
Older adults’ first choice for living arrangements as they age is to remain completely independent at home, according to a new poll. But moving to an assisted living community was a “close...
Nursing home sector’s economic recovery ‘in limbo,’ AHCA says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Economic recovery remains “in limbo” for the nursing home sector, especially as the public health emergency — and the funds that go along with it — is set to end this spring. That’s according...
Senators re-introduce legislation to improve vetting, training of caregivers in nursing homes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) re-introduced legislation Monday designed to help nursing homes improve their vetting and training of caregivers to help ensure resident safety.
Nursing home inventory shrank, assisted living hit highest-ever growth rate, quarterly data shows
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 14, 2014
Assisted living inventory growth reached a historic high in the second quarter of 2014, while nursing home inventory continued its slight downward trajectory, according to data released Friday by the National...
Bloomberg: Coronavirus may end America’s embrace of retirement communities and nursing homes
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 22, 2020
An editorial in Bloomberg Tuesday explored the largely voluntary movement over the past century in the United States toward herding people over the age of 65 into special communities built around their...
Occupancy loss, recovery in SNFs varies by market: NIC analysis
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 07, 2022
Occupancy loss among freestanding skilled nursing facilities during the height of the pandemic mainly was a function of a demand contraction, which varied across the markets. That’s according to an analysis...
Forbes: The future of nursing homes looks grim
By
Amy Novotney
May 05, 2020
Although some of short-term pandemic-related costs faced by skilled nursing facilities will likely fade over time, the industry’s current overall model may be financially unsustainable without broad...
48 percent of assisted living providers may close due to workforce issues: survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2022
More than half (52%) of assisted living providers participating in a new survey say that their overall workforce situation has worsened since January, and 48% are concerned that they may have to close...
Nearly three-quarters of SNFs reported occupancy declines in first half of April: NIC
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 17, 2020
Seventy percent of skilled nursing facility operators saw declines in their occupancy rates compared with one month ago, according to data collected from owners and executives at 146 seniors housing and...
Occupancy rebound gains momentum: NIC
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 12, 2020
The share of organizations reporting an increase in occupancy from the prior month increased to its highest level since early April last week, according to data from the most recent Executive Survey results...