What the inflation rate increase to 8.5 percent means to senior living
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 14, 2022
The inflation rate is higher than it’s been in almost 40 years, and the consumer price index increased 1.2% in March on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.8% in February, the Bureau of Labor...
Motley Fool: Omega’s SNF-focused portfolio may buffer it from pandemic fallout — or will it?
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 24, 2020
Historically, investors have often viewed independent and assisted living communities — most often paid for out-of-pocket by residents — as safer bets than skilled nursing facilities, which generally...
Labor, rate pressures challenge recovery of senior living industry
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 05, 2021
The recovery of the senior living industry will continue to be uneven in the face of a challenging labor market and wage pressures, as well as competition driving rates down, according to industry experts.
Memory care will be big growth area in 2018, senior living leaders predict
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2018
Memory care will be the biggest growth area in senior living and long-term care in 2018, predict executives participating in Lancaster Pollard’s “2018 Seniors Housing and Care Survey,”...
Long-term care, home care rehab directors, physical therapists see modest salary increases
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 06, 2022
Director of rehabilitation salaries increased 4.22% year-over-year in the long-term care sector and 3.52% in home health agencies, according to the 16th annual Rehabilitation Salary & Benefits Report released...
Capital Senior Living move-ins at 2-year high, indicating rebound in demand, CEO says
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 01, 2021
March move-ins across the company’s 60 communities are on track to be at their highest monthly level in two years, while overall occupancy rates remain near 75%.
Regional Health generates positive free cash flow from continuing operations, despite COVID-19 headwinds
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 05, 2021
Despite some headwinds from COVID-19, executives at Regional Health Properties feel hopeful about the nation’s vaccine efforts and occupancy recovery in the second half of the year, according to the...
Senior Housing Properties Trust looks to other segments while senior living challenges continue
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 08, 2018
Senior Housing Properties Trust is focusing its acquisitions energy on its life science and medical office building segments as it waits for senior living challenges to lessen, President and Chief Operating...
Middle muddle
By
John Hall
Oct 21, 2019
Investors eye margins, and developers explore affordable options.
With buyers and banks willing to transact based on pre-COVID occupancy, SNFs are selling at record highs:...
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 14, 2021
In his 17-year career in the skilled nursing business, Jason Stroiman, president of Evans Senior Investments, says he’s never seen skilled nursing facilities sell for as high a price as they are selling...