$80.5 million grant meant to help providers address lingering pandemic effects … Publicly traded REITs delivered greater than 40% increase in returns in 2021 … Luminaut acquires Rowland Design to expand...
IntegraCare mentorship program benefits employees, residents across 3 states
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2022
IntegraCare’s Motivational Advancement Program, available to employees at all 15 of the company’s properties in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, aims to improve employees’ lives and, subsequently,...
Amazon commits $21M to pilot program for real estate developers of color
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 07, 2022
E-commerce tech company Amazon has launched a multimillion dollar program to help real estate developers of color advance their careers in the industry.
Business briefs, Dec. 20
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
Washington’s LTC insurance program put on hold … Parent company of Ascension Living affected by massive Kronos ransomware attack … Ensign Group increases quarterly dividend to $0.055 per share …...
OSHA’s COVID-19 standard set to expire Dec. 21 if action not taken
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 17, 2021
Time is running out for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard, which was meant to protect healthcare sector workers from the spread of the...
Massachusetts AG will appeal court decision to dismiss landmark COVID case alleging nursing home neglect
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 16, 2021
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed a notice of appeal Tuesday in Hampden County Superior Court seeking to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of criminal charges lodged against two leaders...
No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...
Younger retirees more interested in finding meaning and purpose: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2021
Traditional views of retirement are fading, and younger retirees are likely to continue working in an “encore” or “second act” career, according to a recent survey.
Voting mostly along party lines, the Senate voted Tuesday to nullify the Biden administration’s vaccinate-or-test mandate for companies with 100 or more employees.
Lawsuit claims operator failed to protect cognitively impaired resident from sexual assault
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 10, 2021
A lawsuit filed by “Jane Doe” through her guardian Carol Smith names Assisted Living by Hillcrest LLC and West Bend Mutual Insurance as defendants for allegedly failing to protect Doe — a resident...