A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...
No men allowed: Operator opens women-only dementia unit
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 26, 2022
Des Moines, IA-based Via Health Services is set to open a women-only dementia unit this month at its Fleur Heights campus in Des Moines. It is the first of its kind for long-term care facilities in the...
Encompass Health CEO: Referrals from elective surgeries are rebounding, but skilled nursing referrals...
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Diane Eastabrook
May 26, 2021
“Green shoots in the trend of elective procedures” are providing the momentum to return the home healthcare business to near pre-pandemic levels by the second half of this year, Encompass Health CEO...
Supreme Court denies former Assisted Living Concepts CEO’s petition
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2016
Former Assisted Living Concepts CEO Laurie Bebo cannot challenge in federal court the constitutionality of the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s use of an administrative law judge while a proceeding...
Fraud case will proceed at SEC, court rules
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 25, 2015
A former senior living executive must wait until an in-house process at the Securities and Exchange Commission is complete before bringing a constitutional challenge in the fraud case against her, a federal...
Senior living providers plan COVID-19 booster clinics in advance of federal recommendations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
As the senior living industry awaits today’s scheduled vote by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on how to implement COVID-19 booster...
Senior living disruption means new models that promote inclusion, purpose
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2022
Increasing consumer demand, outside investment, reengineering of traditional models, and financial and staffing pressure on existing senior living operators are changing the industry, according to experts.
Operators better prepared to manage next pandemic: LTC Properties CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 02, 2020
The senior living and care industry has faced considerable challenges related to COVID-19, but operators now have better tools and a better understanding of how to manage in the pandemic, LTC Properties...
Assisted living offers promise for future, Ensign Group CEO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 06, 2017
Assisted living is an area that offers encouragement for the future of The Ensign Group and its operating affiliates, President and CEO Christopher Christensen told participants in a Friday call about...
National Health Investors, Welltower try to resolve lawsuit out of court
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2022
Murfreesboro, TN-based National Health Investors said Monday that it is working toward a potential out-of-court settlement to resolve its lawsuit against Toledo, OH-based Welltower and some of its subsidiaries...