Industry continues to look to immigration reform to help address workforce shortages
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2021
President Biden’s immigration reform policies, as well as immigration reform legislation being considered by Congress, offer potential solutions for ongoing workforce shortages affecting senior living,...
HUD encourages comments on previous participation process
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2015
Do you think HUD’s proposed rule on previous participation needs revision or is too vague or too specific? Agency officials are open to comments, they told those participating in a recent conference...
Operators have ‘heavy lifting’ to do to regain consumer confidence in wake of pandemic, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 24, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges and shaken consumer confidence in the senior living industry. Operators will need to do some “heavy lifting” in its wake, according to one senior living...
516 days and counting on wait for Provider Relief Fund dollars: Argentum
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2021
After successfully blocking attempts to use unspent Provider Relief Fund dollars to fund a bipartisan infrastructure package, which passed the Senate earlier this month, senior living advocates are turning...
Housing wealth among older homeowners grew by $120 billion in Q1: report
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 29, 2020
Homeowners aged 62 years and older saw their housing wealth grow by 1.6%, or $120 billion, in the first quarter, according to a report released Friday from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association.
A Q&A with NIC’s Robert Kramer
By
John Hall
Sep 13, 2016
Robert G. Kramer, founder and CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, recently spoke with McKnight’s about the current state and future prospects of independent living,...
Record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations seen in Florida
Aug 05, 2021
The fact that less than 3% of current hospitalizations arrived from nursing homes and long-term care facilities shows the state’s focus on vaccinating and protecting Florida’s seniors and most...
Senior living helps set record for Ensign in fourth quarter, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 08, 2019
Increased senior living revenue helped position the Ensign Group for a record quarter to finish 2018, Ensign President and CEO Christopher Christensen told analysts participating in an earnings call Thursday.
Publication imminent for COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 02, 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees will be published in the Federal Register “in the coming days,” a Department of Labor spokesperson told McKnight’s on...
Long-term care struggles for COVID-19 resources speak to deeper societal issue, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2020
Assisted living communities’ and nursing homes’ difficulty in securing personal protective equipment and testing to prevent or contain the spread of COVID-19, despite the fact that older adults are...