Fitch assigns ‘deteriorating’ outlook to CCRC sector for second consecutive year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2024
Fitch Ratings has assigned the continuing care retirement / life plan community sector a rating of “deteriorating” for the second year in a row.
Ventas to take over Santerre skilled nursing, senior living, medical office properties
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 03, 2023
Ventas will assume ownership of the collateral that supports its approximately $486 million cash-pay mezzanine loan to Santerre Health Investors, the Chicago-based real estate investment trust announced...
Provider launches retention initiative to counter ‘Great Resignation’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 14, 2022
Facing the same staffing challenges seen by long-term care providers and others around the country, Arlington Heights, IL-based Lutheran Life Communities has launched a “Great Retention Initiative”...
Nursing homes struggle with tighter reimbursement environment, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
Nursing home funding challenges, capital and private equity firms were among the subjects of a webinar Tuesday sponsored by the Long Term Care Community Coalition.
Keswick plans multi-year, $65 million project to move to household model, add assisted living memory...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2023
A multi-year, $65 million capital project will transform the residential areas of Keswick’s long-term care campus to the “household” model and expand services to include assisted living memory care,...
EEOC: Employers must accommodate religious objections to COVID vaccine mandates
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Employers with COVID-19 vaccine mandates must accommodate workers’ “sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances” against such requirements unless doing so would create an “undue...
Investor dissatisfaction grows with boards, ESG proposals: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
More shareholders are dissatisfied with corporate boards of directors than in the past, and support for environmental, social and governance proposals also has waned, according to a report released Wednesday...
Private letter ruling gives Welltower added flexibility in managing independent living units
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 28, 2022
A private letter ruling by the Internal Revenue Service will provide Toledo, OH-based Welltower with “significant flexibility” in operating its approximately 45,000 independent living units, the real...
Headwinds may stall CCRC recovery, Fitch Ratings says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Although demand is high for continuing care life plan communities, some headwinds may stall total recovery for the sector, according to the experts at Fitch Ratings.
Occupancy, revenue trend upward in Q3 for HTI
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 08, 2023
Occupancy in the Healthcare Trust Inc.’s senior housing operating portfolio, or SHOP, segment of its portfolio grew by 0.8% to 74.1% in the third quarter compared with the prior quarter, CEO Michael...