Pandemic likely has changed senior living business model for good: speakers
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 11, 2020
The future of senior living post-pandemic is healthcare-based, and it will be more difficult for operators who don’t take that approach to maintain a leg up, speakers said Thursday at a senior housing...
Vaccine priority a ‘credit positive’ for senior living and care sector: Fitch
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Amy Novotney
Dec 04, 2020
Tuesday’s recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that long-term care residents and staff receive priority for COVID-19 vaccinations is a credit positive for the senior living...
CCRC, SNF platforms ‘pillars of stability’ as NHI shifts focus to growth, CEO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 10, 2023
National Health Investors is making progress on its return to growth through portfolio optimization plans announced in 2021, improvements in senior housing operating portfolio operations, and strategic...
Brookdale spends $71 million to fight COVID-19, sees crisis as leadership opportunity
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2020
Although COVID-19 has had significant effects on the senior housing industry as a whole, Brookdale Senior Living sees the crisis as an opportunity to lead, President and CEO Cindy Baier said Tuesday.
Insurance getting much more expensive, when it’s available
By
John O'Connor
Jul 10, 2020
Add standard liability insurance to the list of woes that seniors housing and care operators must address. Such coverage is not only getting more difficult to find, rates are climbing by as much as 300%,...
Older women workers face significant financial hurdles: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2024
Women aged 55 or more years face significant financial hurdles, according to a recent report from the Center for American Progress.
CCRC occupancy drops from pre-pandemic levels: Ziegler
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 29, 2021
Continuing care retirement/life plan communities have seen a cumulative drop in occupancy from 89.1% to 84.4% in the second quarter of 2020 through the second quarter of 2021, according to specialty investment...
Sabra completes moves of 24 former North American properties to Ensign, Avamere
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 03, 2023
Irvine, CA-based Sabra Healthcare REIT has completed the transition of 24 properties formerly leased to North American as part of a previously announced disposition plan to sell off several lower-performing...
Hines looks to raise $1B for fund targeting senior living and other property types
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 13, 2022
Houston-based international real estate firm Hines announced Monday the launch of its flagship tactical fund series in the United States. The fund is looking to raise $1 billion in equity, with a purchasing...
LTC Properties reports EPS, revenue increases, but suspends 2020 guidance
By
Amy Novotney
May 05, 2020
LTC Properties recorded a net income available to common stockholders of $63.4 million, or $1.60 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2020, according to earnings information released Monday. That’s...