Spot occupancy in Welltower’s U.S. senior housing operating portfolio rose 120 basis points (1.2%) in the second quarter, with half of that increase occurring in the last two weeks of June, according...
New online graduate certificate programs focus on healthcare business
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2022
Purdue University recently added certificates in healthcare operations and healthcare quality improvement to the online graduate-level programs offered through the university’s Department of Public Health.
Long-term care eligible for cut of $2M in workforce development grants
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 08, 2022
Wisconsin’s senior living and care operators are eligible to receive their share of the state’s $2 million grants from the Department of Workforce Development.
Ensign Group kicks off July with acquisitions in 4 states
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 07, 2022
San Juan Capistrano, CA-based Ensign Group announced skilled nursing and senior living acquisitions in four states, which were effective July 1, in a flurry of press releases Wednesday.
Workers at 12 western New York SNFs set to strike over wages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 06, 2022
Approximately 1,200 workers at 12 western New York state not-for-profit skilled nursing facilities are planning to follow through with threats to strike later this month if their wage demands are not met.
Demand for occupancy slows after months of increases
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 05, 2022
Demand for skilled nursing occupancy flattened in April after months of increases, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report released by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Nursing home provider settles COVID-19 vaccine fraud suit for $1.75M, denies allegations
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 05, 2022
MorseLife Health System has paid $1.75 million dollars to settle a lawsuit that claimed the nursing home defrauded a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program. The provider allegedly administered...
Holding onto ‘authentic identity’ in senior living a priority for LGBTQ seniors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 01, 2022
Senior living operators are learning what the LGBTQ community has always known: LTBTQ seniors are looking for welcoming communities where they can express their authentic identity without retreating into...
Cocktail lounge attendant? Eclectic mix of people filling heretofore unheard-of senior living positions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
“Cocktail lounge attendant” isn’t the sort of job one often sees for a senior living community, but Atria Senior Living’s Coterie Cathedral Hill is not a typical senior living community. The San...
Long-term care operator transitions TNAs to CNAs in ‘Grand’ style
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
The Valley Stream, NY-based Grand Healthcare nursing and rehabilitation system recently graduated 85 home-grown certified nursing assistant students through its in-house training program.