SNF operator weathers pandemic worker shortage with ‘culture of care’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2022
North Olmsted, OH-based Foundations Health Solutions experienced little pandemic-related staff turnover based on the culture it established before COVID-19 took hold, according to Robert Speelman Jr.,...
Contingent employees could save post-acute care $20 billion in lost revenue this year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 03, 2022
The post-acute care sector could lose up to $19.5 billion in revenue this year because of lower occupancy rates (which are down 14% since 2020) due to understaffing, predicts a new report.
Lessons from the pandemic can help ensure caregivers’ mental health and well-being
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Healthcare organizations’ disaster preparedness plans must include “explicit plans for supporting mental health,” say the authors of a new piece in JAMA Psychiatry.
Majority of multi-site communities in LZ 200 have debt ratings in BBB category
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 31, 2022
Fifty-two percent of the debt ratings for the companies included in the 19th annual LeadingAge Ziegler LZ 200 Report released Thursday fall into the BBB category as rated by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch...
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...
Governors home in on SNF resident care, performance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities’ care of residents and performance are the focus of actions by governors on both coasts as the coronavirus pandemic continues.