Direct care nurses, aides are industry’s least likely workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 05, 2021
As senior living and care facilities wrestle with the dilemma of requiring workers to be vaccinated, a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study reinforces the idea that higher vaccination...
LTC Properties broadens North Carolina footprint with $128M investment in 12 properties
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 09, 2023
Westlake, CA-based real estate investment trust LTC Properties has announced a $128 million investment in 12 assisted living / memory care properties throughout Northern California. The properties, with...
Companies can require COVID-19 vaccination for employees: EEOC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2021
Employers can require workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, according to updated guidance released Friday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Merger with OPI still ‘best path’ for DHC, top exec says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 28, 2023
A proposed merger with Office Properties Income Trust is the “best path for long-term value preservation” for Newton, MA-based Diversified Healthcare Trust, DHC’s President and CEO Jennifer Francis...
CCRC pivots with marketing during pandemic, now fully reserved 10 months before opening
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 26, 2023
Location and creative marketing are proving to be secrets to early success for The Baldwin, a continuing care retirement community under construction in Londonderry, NH. The community is fully reserved...
3 Omega operators stop paying rent due to pandemic-related occupancy lulls
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2021
Three operators, representing approximately 8.6% of Omega Healthcare Investors’ estimated third-quarter contractual rent and mortgage payments, have stopped paying rent in 2021, the Hunt Valley, MD-based...
Supreme Court case appears favorable toward employer in unionization dispute
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 25, 2024
The Supreme Court appeared Tuesday to be leaning in favor of coffee chain Starbucks in a union-related lawsuit against the National Labor Relations Board that could affect all types of business owners.
Proposed merger ‘best path forward’ for DHC, REIT says, but shareholder group disagrees
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2023
The “inconsistent” performance of the senior housing properties in Diversified Healthcare Trust’s portfolio is one reason that the Newton, MA-based real estate investment trust’s previously announced...
Mather’s move into third state progresses as vertical construction begins on life plan community
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 21, 2022
Mather is marking its entry into the commonwealth of Virginia as vertical construction is set to begin on The Mather at Tysons in northern Virginia. The company already operates life plan communities (also...
Christian groups appeal to Supreme Court to block OSHA vaccinate-or-test mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2021
Following the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Friday that the Occupational Health and Safety Administration can enforce a vaccinate-or-test mandate for large companies, multiple faith-based...