Senior living of growing importance to Omega, executives say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2018
Senior living still represents a small part of the Omega Healthcare Investors portfolio but is growing in importance, company executives told shareholders and analysts participating in a first-quarter...
Welltower hopes Brookdale gets ‘back to the basics’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2018
Welltower executives said that they hope Brookdale Senior Living can focus on fundamentals now that the company has announced turnaround plans that include a management shake-up in the wake of the rejection...
Welltower not looking to expand ‘solid’ relationship with Brookdale
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2017
Welltower has a “solid” relationship with Brookdale Senior Living but is not looking to increase its holdings in the company, the healthcare real estate investment trust’s executives...
Proposed overtime pay threshold still too high for some senior living advocates
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 11, 2019
The Labor Department’s new proposal to increase the salary threshold for employee overtime pay, announced Thursday, might have been expected, but it’s still of concern to some organizations representing...
Ventas reportedly in talks to buy all or part of Brookdale
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2017
Healthcare real estate investment trust Ventas is in talks to purchase all or part of Brookdale Senior Living, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Moving toward gender equality
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2019
I’m pulling for a day when instruments such as the Gender Equality Index won’t be needed, because equality will be something that serves as an assumed basis from which other actions stem. Until that...
Flu initiative results in ‘significant reductions’ in illness, deaths, Capital Senior Living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2018
Capital Senior Living’s first national public health initiative to better protect residents from the effects of the flu resulted in “significant reductions in infections, hospitalizations and...
Sales leads down 50 percent and ‘continued deterioration’ expected due to COVID-19, Five Star says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 08, 2020
Average sales leads per week seen by Five Star Senior Living in April were approximately half of what they typically are, and the company expects “continued deterioration” as the effects of...
Ventas to acquire New Senior Investment Group in $2.3 billion transaction
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2021
Real estate investment trusts Ventas and New Senior Investment Group will merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $2.3 billion, including $1.5 billion of New Senior debt, the companies announced Monday...
More COVID-19 relief needed before January, provider groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2020
While congratulating President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victories at the polls, executives of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living...