NHI sends default notice to tenant for legacy Holiday Retirement portfolio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2021
National Health Investors received no rent for the third quarter ($4.8 million owed) or fourth quarter to date ($4.3 million) from its tenant for its legacy Holiday Retirement portfolio of 17 properties,...
New program aims to improve long-term care vaccination rates, care by building trust
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2022
Providers of skilled nursing and assisted living need to develop trust-building skills and practices to continue to increase vaccine uptake and staff member retention as well as improve infection prevention...
Report: Public health emergency will be extended again
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to extend the public health emergency before it expires in mid-July, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
Bon appétit! Provider launches culinary apprenticeship program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 25, 2022
Indianapolis, IN-based American Senior Communities recently launched a culinary apprenticeship program to help create a pipeline of workers to address an area where staffing vacancies frequently arise...
Operator of 8 NJ nursing homes faces charges of labor law violations from union
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2021
The largest healthcare union in the United States has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Toms River, NJ-based Complete Care Management for alleged violations of federal labor...
Change to Hawaii REIT tax status structure would not generate windfall for state, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2022
Hawaii lawmakers have shelved a bill that if passed would have changed the tax structure for real estate investment trusts in the state. Proponents of the tabled bill claim that it could result in “millions...
Brookdale Senior Living, CareTrust REIT and Ventas presented their first-quarter earnings reports to investors on Friday.
$1.3 million project aims to strengthen direct care workforce
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 05, 2022
A $1.3 million federal project, with funding spread out over five years, will establish a new center to help strengthen the direct care workforce providing home- and community-based services to older...
House committee discusses 7 bills aimed at ‘rebuilding pipeline of future workers’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Seven current pieces of legislation are aimed at revitalizing the frontline workforce in healthcare, and legislators discussed them Tuesday at a House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing.
$10.3 million settlement sends ‘strong warning’ to employers with vaccine mandates, attorney says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2022
A $10.3 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that challenged a private healthcare employer’s COVID-19 vaccination policy sends a “strong warning” to companies to consider workers with religious...