Lutheran Services in America expands rural aging initiative to 4 states
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 24, 2022
Lutheran Services in America said Thursday that it will expand its rural aging initiative into more states to help older adults experiencing social isolation and difficulty accessing services and supports...
Aegis Living opens 35th community, in Seattle
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 23, 2022
Bellevue, WA-based Aegis Living has opened its 35th senior living community, in the heart of Northwest Seattle. Aegis Living Greenwood offers assisted living, memory care and respite care.
Nursing home advocates ask CMS to amend visitation guidelines as COVID-19 spikes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 22, 2021
With the rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus and a spike in COVID-19 infections overall nationwide, nursing home advocates are asking the federal government to allow providers more discretion...
Welltower’s investment pipeline remains ‘robust’ in 2022 for, REIT says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 22, 2022
Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust Welltower’s investment pipeline was “robust” in the first quarter, according to a business update the REIT issued to investors Thursday in conjunction...
Canceling OSHA healthcare standard puts workers in ‘grave danger,’ unions tell court
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2022
The federal government has placed healthcare workers in “grave danger” by withdrawing portions of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard,...
Long-term care accounts for 54 percent of healthcare bankruptcies this year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2022
Bankruptcies in the healthcare industry are trending up by more than 25% this year, and 54% of them have happened in senior living and other long-term care settings, particularly in skilled nursing facilities,...
Record Social Security bump could push seniors into higher tax bracket, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2022
Social Security recipients could see a record 10.5% cost of living adjustment next year, the bipartisan Senior Citizen League predicts, but that could bump some beneficiaries into higher tax brackets....
‘We’re not going to back away from the mandate,’ NJ governor says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 25, 2022
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is standing firm on the Feb. 28 vaccine mandate deadline for healthcare workers to receive the COVID-19 booster shot, he said at a news briefing Wednesday. Under the governor’s...
NHI closes on sale of 8 communities formerly leased to Holiday Retirement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 23, 2021
National Health Investors has closed on the sale of eight senior living communities consisting of 909 units formerly leased to Holiday Retirement for gross proceeds of $115 million, the real estate investment...
Long-term care, other business groups find exclusion from federal vaccine mandate process ‘disappointing’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2021
As the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration works to develop and issue a rule for a vaccine and testing mandate announced earlier this month by President Biden, some business...