Skilled nursing occupancy tops 82 percent for first time since April 2020
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 07, 2023
Skilled nursing occupancy is up 142 basis points year over year as of the end of August. Occupancy reached 82.3% in August, topping 82% for the first time since April 2020, according to the latest Skilled...
Motley Fool: Omega’s SNF-focused portfolio may buffer it from pandemic fallout — or will it?
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Amy Novotney
Apr 24, 2020
Historically, investors have often viewed independent and assisted living communities — most often paid for out-of-pocket by residents — as safer bets than skilled nursing facilities, which generally...
Long-term care mergers and acquisitions drop 13 percent from last quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2023
Mergers and acquisitions in senior living and skilled nursing in the first quarter included just 98 transactions. That’s 13% fewer than the 112 transactions that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2022,...
Eskaton sells SNFs to Cypress for $35.6 million to focus on senior living, home care
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2023
Carmichael, CA-based provider Eskaton is selling its three stand-alone skilled nursing facilities for $35.6 million as part of a plan to “expand and enhance” the company’s offerings in independent...
With projected Fed decreases, investor confidence is rising
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 21, 2024
The past few years have been challenging on debt markets in real estate, particularly in the senior living and care market, but a “boost in investor confidence” is occurring now, according to Jason...
SNF investors focus on needs-based model, expect census return by mid-2022
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Amy Novotney
Feb 25, 2021
Amid the all-too-frequent headlines of “nursing home deaths,” federal and state deficits, increased competition from home health agencies and historic low occupancy levels while wage pressures continue,...
Favorable rate, occupancy growth bright spots for CCRCs still battling staffing shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2023
Favorable rate and occupancy growth are providing some relief to continuing care retirement / life plan communities as they claw their way back from pandemic-related staffing shortages, according to a...
Intense rehab and transitional care providers have done well amid pandemic
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 23, 2021
Most of long-term care has found itself hobbled by low occupancy and consumers’ sustained fears during the pandemic, but one group has generally fared much better than the others: Providers focusing...
Record prices paid for assisted living units, while SNFs top $93,000
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Amy Novotney
Mar 25, 2020
Before the coronavirus pandemic took over the U.S. economy, the seniors housing and care market was as a roll, according to data released Monday from Norwalk, CT-based Irving Levin Associates. The average...
Invesque continues to sell SNFs in shift to private-pay senior living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
Invesque continues to sell the skilled nursing facilities in its portfolio to focus predominantly on private-pay senior living, the Fishers, IN-based healthcare real estate company reported in a full-year...