Updated: Healthpeak Properties to merge with Physicians Realty Trust in $21 billion deal
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2023
Denver-based real estate investment trust Healthpeak Properties, with a portfolio that includes 15 continuing care retirement communities, will merge with Milwaukee-based Physicians Realty Trust in an...
Final deadline for 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Award nominations is Nov. 5
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2023
The final nomination deadline for the McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards is this Sunday, Nov. 5. The entry fee is $285.
5 unexpected lessons learned from a retirement community roundtable
By
Derek Dunham
Oct 30, 2023
The Roundtable Project is a weekly meeting that is open to marketing leaders at retirement communities nationwide.
Black seniors more likely to receive low-value acute diagnostic tests
Oct 27, 2023
White patients have a higher rate of low-value screening tests and treatment, including preoperative lab tests and PSA tests.
Ensign Group grows portfolio as Q3 profits expand
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2023
Skilled nursing, senior living and rehab operating company The Ensign Group added six new operations and four real estate properties during and since the third quarter, “bringing the number of operations...
Higher consumption of coffee, tea linked to lower physical frailty
Oct 26, 2023
Higher consumption of caffeine at midlifewas linked to a reduced likelihood of physical frailty in later life among Chinese adults.
Tai chi shows benefits for Parkinson’s disease patients
Oct 26, 2023
Improvements were seen in motor and nonmotor symptoms, as well as reductions in disability and complications.
New study shines a light on negative side-effects of certain UV light systems used in senior living
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 26, 2023
There is growing concern that even lower-level UV systems could produce harmful oxide compounds in the air, such as ozone, a new study shows.
How the education industry prepared me for senior living
By
Christine Healy
Oct 26, 2023
A few lessons from early education have shaped how I think about marketing and growth in my new career in senior living.
Assisted living closures prompt states to increase Medicaid HCBS rates to stifle workforce shortages
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 26, 2023
More than half of the states have increased payment rates for Medicaid home- and community-based services to address workforce challenges after assisted living communities closed, according to new data...