Sunshine State’s home healthcare workers finding it difficult to get vaccinated
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 24, 2021
Florida’s home healthcare workers are among the frontline workers covered under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) executive order granting access to the COVID-19 vaccine. However, only a few have had success...
Picture looks bright for Sabra’s SNF portfolio; rental assistance may be needed for senior housing...
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 24, 2021
The ongoing rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine within skilled nursing facilities and senior living communities has many investors focused on a recovery scenario for Sabra Health Care REIT. Concerns still...
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Feb 22, 2021
New law grants COVID-19 civil liability protections to long-term care operators in Indiana … Kentucky eases visitation restrictions on assisted living, personal care and independent living communities,...
Legislation supports development of dementia strategic plan, training
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 19, 2021
One bill under consideration in the Indiana Legislature would require the state to develop a dementia strategic plan, and another outlines training for first responders who encounter people with Alzheimer’s...
To mandate or not to mandate? That is the COVID vaccination question for some senior living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 18, 2021
Some senior living operators are instituting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, but others are weighing their options.
Bill would require assisted living caregivers to work ‘outside their scope of practice’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 18, 2021
A bill proposed in Arizona would require assisted living caregivers to perform life-saving measures before the arrival of first responders when a resident experiences a medical emergency.
A LeadingAge survey measuring the effects of COVID-19 on affordable senior housing providers found spikes in COVID-19 cases at communities, severe financial strain among providers and concerns about resident...
Welltower works to preserve value after 2020 that was anything but ‘plain vanilla’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 11, 2021
“We came into 2020 prepared for a plain vanilla business cycle downturn,” Welltower CEO and Chief Investment Officer Shankh Mitra said during the real estate investment trust’s fourth-quarter and...
Omega opens 2021 with $510M Brookdale acquisition, ‘far more selective’ approach to senior living...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 08, 2021
Omega Healthcare Investors started the year by completing a $510 million deal with Healthpeak Properties that resulted in the acquisition of 24 Brookdale Senior Living communities.
NYC agency offers compelling approach to attracting, retaining home healthcare workers
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 08, 2021
The home care field is suffering from a workforce crisis that the pandemic has merely exacerbated. One home agency in New York City may offer an answer, according to a report in The Detroit News.