Long-term care M&A activity increases to 110 deals in second quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2023
The number of publicly announced senior living and skilled nursing-related mergers and acquisitions increased by 11% during the second quarter of the year, to 110 deals from 99 transactions in the first...
Iowa tops list of best states to retire to in new report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 01, 2023
Iowa is the best state to retire to, according to Bankrate’s latest Best States to Retire study. Meanwhile, Alaska is the last state to retire, according to Bankrate.
‘Significant benefits’ gained from state-run retirement savings programs: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 07, 2024
A state-run retirement savings program can provide “significant benefits” for workers whose employers don’t offer plans, according to a study of a model in Oregon recently published in Contemporary...
Low-wage workers experience historically fast wage growth: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 01, 2023
Low-wage workers experienced wage growth of 9% between 2019 and 2022. That’s a historically fast real wage growth over the three-year span, especially in a period of economic inflation, according to...
Retirement savings, future of government programs worry women: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2024
Women aged 25 and older are concerned about whether they will be able to afford future health costs and retirement, according to the results of a survey by the National Council on Aging and Women’s Institute...
Could Sabra be positioned for a takeover by Welltower?
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 31, 2021
As is the case with many healthcare real estate investment trusts involved in senior housing, Sabra Health Care REIT has lost ground in recent years, according to “Trapping Value,” writing on Seeking...
Occupancy levels likely to have reached low point: NIC report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 14, 2021
Senior living occupancy levels appear to be inching their way back from an all-time low of 78.7% in March, according to the intra-quarterly report published last week by the National Investment Center...
Almost a third of nation’s workforce earns less than $15 an hour, research shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2022
New research from Boston-based Oxfam America indicates that 51.9 million workers, 31.9% of the nation’s workforce, earn less than $15 an hour.
Brookdale Senior Living, CareTrust REIT and Ventas presented their first-quarter earnings reports to investors on Friday.
Want to keep employees? Give them high-quality feedback
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 24, 2023
Providing clear feedback regarding job performance could be a key to employee retention, according to the results of a recent survey from the Textio platform.