Staffing shortages tops this year’s list of safety concerns: ECRI
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2022
Staffing shortages topped the list of safety concerns of healthcare providers, according to an annual report released Monday by ECRI.
Labor unionization among healthcare workers remains low: JAMA study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 03, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board had 58% more union election petitions in the first nine months of 2022 compared with the same time frame the year before. However, labor unionization among healthcare...
Jan. 13 is new nomination deadline for McKnight’s Women of Distinction award
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Amy Novotney
Jan 06, 2021
If you haven’t had a chance to make your submission before today’s McKnight’s Women of Distinction award nomination deadline, there’s good news. It’s been extended.
Residents an obvious target for financial scammers: expert
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Amy Novotney
Jun 17, 2020
In any given year, the FBI estimates that millions of U.S. older adults are defrauded to the tune of approximately $3 billion. Further, just one in 44 of those cases are ever reported, according to the...
Home health is fastest-growing component of national health spending
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 08, 2024
Year-over-year growth in the home health space was 13.5% in October, making it the fastest-growing component of national health spending, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators...
Welltower touts ‘strengthening fundamentals’ in third quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2023
The third quarter has been marked by “strengthening seniors housing fundamentals driving continued momentum during peak leasing season,” Toledo-based real estate investment trust Welltower said Monday...
Lutheran Senior Services/Diakon agreement forms one of largest US nonprofit LTC organizations
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2024
Diakon Senior Living operations and its four continuing care retirement / life plan communities will become part of Lutheran Senior Services under an agreement announced Wednesday that the organizations...
Healthpeak shifts focus from seniors housing; analysts question dividend sustainability
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Amy Novotney
Nov 04, 2020
Irvine, CA-based Healthpeak Properties is making good on its previously indicated intentions of a potential exit of its senior housing operating portfolio and triple-net lease assets. The real estate investment...
‘Ambiguous’ False Claims Act standard expected to be clarified by Supreme Court
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 25, 2023
A Supreme Court decision expected in June could give providers the necessary tools to protect themselves from unwarranted accusations of making fraudulent claims under that False Claims Act.
55 percent of survey respondents retired earlier than expected during pandemic
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2023
More than half (55%) of 2,000 American retirees recently surveyed said they have retired earlier than expected during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to EBRI’s 2022 Spending in Retirement Survey.