Providers, residents, families can overcome communication challenges brought on by pandemic, authors...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 24, 2020
Impaired communication has been the most significant issue affecting the families of older adults during the coronavirus pandemic, whether the older adults are assisted living residents, hospital patients...
CMS gives states 3 more years to comply with HCBS final rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2017
States will have until 2022 to comply with a final rule regarding the provision of home- and community-based services to Medicaid beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday.
UPDATED: Diversified Healthcare Trust to merge with Office Properties Income Trust
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2023
Newton, MA-based Diversified Healthcare Trust, with a senior living operating portfolio that includes 237 communities with 25,346 living units, has entered into an agreement to merge with Office Properties...
Trump administration will develop own overtime rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2017
The Department of Labor under President Trump plans to develop its own rule regarding overtime pay rather than continue a legal battle to enact a rule proposed under the Obama administration, government...
Vitamin D reduces respiratory infections, but there’s a catch
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 20, 2016
High doses of vitamin D reduce the incidence of acute respiratory illness in residents of assisted living communities and nursing homes, according to a new study. There’s a price to pay, however.
Providers must avoid commoditization: NIC speakers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2016
On Thursday at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care fall conference, a former government official and a senior living executive discussed strategies as senior care providers respond...
Occupancy declines at Holiday continue to affect New Senior
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 03, 2017
Holiday Retirement’s operating model transition, which saw community oversight change from live-in managers to more traditional executive directors over the past year, continued to affect occupancy...
Long-term care led all of healthcare in deal volume in 2018
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 25, 2019
Long-term care-related mergers and acquisitions topped all other segments in healthcare for deal volume in 2018, according to a new report from PwC.
After ‘exciting and busy’ quarter, pricing expectations may hinder senior living deals, CareTrust...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2023
CareTrust REIT’s “exciting and busy” second quarter included acquisitions in senior living, but future deals in the sector in the near term may be challenged by “a gap between seller and buyer...
CareTrust REIT hasn’t ‘written off’ senior living, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2022
CareTrust REIT’s investment pipeline consists primarily of skilled nursing and behavioral health properties right now rather than senior living communities, Chief Investment Officer Mark Lamb said Wednesday...