Some senior living operators add vaccine access to marketing toolkits to help rebuild occupancy
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic sends occupancy rates plummeting in senior living communities, some operators are adding vaccine access to their marketing toolbox in a bid to entice prospective residents and...
Agency staffing, wage concerns prompt workers’ strike notice across 24 PA nursing homes
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 30, 2022
Workers across three of Pennsylvania’s largest healthcare chains intend to strike, citing inappropriate use of staffing agency services and low wages, among other problems.
Senior living industry ripe for inventory growth: forecast
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2022
The senior living sector could see a robust uptick in inventory growth within four years, according to Sally Heffernan, senior vice president at Plante Moran Living Forward , the senior living development...
Burnout, optimism two sides of same caregiver coin
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 02, 2021
Stress and burnout are prime challenges coming out of the pandemic year, according to a recent industry survey of 2,800 skilled nursing and senior living workers.
Actions & Transactions, July 23
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 23, 2021
Ziegler closes $56.85M financing for Westminster … New Jersey-based CareRite Centers purchases South Miami, FL, nursing home, rehab facility for $35M
Government underinvestment responsible for aging services infrastructure decline: LeadingAge CEO
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light “decades of state and federal underinvestment in our aging services infrastructure,” Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, wrote in an opinion...
Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency, and to prepare for a potential outbreak, long-term care providers can take a page out of their COVID-19 pandemic playbooks, according to experts.
Senior living provider takes COVID vaccinations into its own hands with certification
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 03, 2021
A Fort Worth, TX-based senior living owner and operator is taking COVID-19 vaccination into its own hands, becoming certified by the Lone Star State to directly vaccinate its residents, employees and essential...
Cocktail lounge attendant? Eclectic mix of people filling heretofore unheard-of senior living positions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
“Cocktail lounge attendant” isn’t the sort of job one often sees for a senior living community, but Atria Senior Living’s Coterie Cathedral Hill is not a typical senior living community. The San...
Unprecedented global crisis brought out best in SNF caregivers, report finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 28, 2022
Nursing home caregivers went beyond normal expectations throughout the unprecedented global crisis brought on by the coronavirus, asserts a new report from the American Health Care