CMS issues reg requiring COVID-19 vaccination for long-term care workers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 04, 2021
Long-term care and other healthcare facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs must develop COVID-19 vaccination policies for their workers by Dec. 5, and all eligible workers must...
Partnerships, universal workers keys to successful middle market communities, execs say
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 04, 2021
Relationships with third parties, the use of universal workers, pared-down offerings and strict expense control — but not skimping on quality — are keys to a successful senior living model serving...
Healthpeak substantially exits rental senior housing with final $149 million in sales
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 04, 2021
Healthpeak Properties closed on the final sale of $149 million of its seniors housing portfolio in the third quarter, bringing total sales proceeds on the properties to $4 billion since July 2020, CEO...
Publication imminent for COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 02, 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees will be published in the Federal Register “in the coming days,” a Department of Labor spokesperson told McKnight’s on...
With industry ‘in midst of recovery,’ LTC Properties has near-term $100 million pipeline
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 01, 2021
Westlake Village, CA-based LTC Properties has a “near-term pipeline” valued at more than $100 million as the long-term care industry is “firmly in the midst of a recovery,” executives said Friday...
Assisted living providers balance care and service delivery, compliance with complex policies: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
ATLANTA — Assisted living and life plan communities have had much to deal with in the past 18 months, including fair housing challenges, vaccine mandates and exemptions, COVID-19 liability lawsuits,...
‘We’re in the love business’: New LeadingAge board chair
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
ATLANTA — With a theme of hope for the day, LeadingAge installed its new chair of the Board of Directors, Mike King, during Tuesday’s keynote session at its Annual Meeting + Expo.
Carrington at Lincolnwood strikes Tech Awards Gold for invisible check-in system
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Chloe Konrad
Oct 25, 2021
Protection from falling often is high on the needs list of future senior living residents and their families. The Carrington at Lincolnwood, in Illinois senior living community managed by West Bay Senior...
Senior living takes ‘left behind’ message to White House, community near you
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 20, 2021
A senior living advocacy campaign with messages that may be familiar to many on Capitol Hill is about to reach higher — to the White House — and wider — to state policymakers and the front yards...
Move-ins, operating margins increase for senior living operators: NIC survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 15, 2021
Senior living move-ins accelerated in the past 30 days due to increased demand, leading to an expectation of an increase in operating margins on the horizon, according to the results of the latest NIC...