Skilled nursing occupancy declines after two months of increases
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2022
After two months of increases, skilled nursing occupancy declined 40 basis points to 78.4% from August to September, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report released by the National Investment...
Town’s only nursing facility converting to ALF, as national study finds ‘dangerously low’ occupancy...
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 03, 2020
Amid deteriorating finances that don’t allow for much-needed building infrastructure updates, the only skilled nursing facility in the town of Norton, MA, will be closing by early next year and will...
Supply of post-acute care facilities continued decline last year: MedPAC report
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 21, 2020
The nation’s supply of inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities continued to decline in 2019, contracting by 1.5%, 3.9% and 0.8%, respectively. That’s...
SRZ Management acquires Missouri SNF from National Healthcare Corp., plans to preserve the property
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 25, 2020
St. Louis-based skilled nursing and rehab operator SRZ Management announced this week that it has acquired a 282-bed skilled nursing facility from Nashville, TN-based National Healthcare Corp.
National health spending reached $45 trillion in 2022, or $13,493 per person, according to an analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published Wednesday...
Universal decolonization at nursing homes beneficial
Oct 18, 2023
Risk for transfer to a hospital due to infection or for any reason lower with universal decolonization versus routine care
More than half of personnel at LTCFs fully vaccinated for COVID-19
Jul 30, 2021
Overall, 56.8% of healthcare personnel working at nursing homes had completed COVID-19 vaccination through April 4, 2021.
Employment of nurses decreased early in COVID-19 pandemic
Jan 04, 2022
Employment rebounded during the course of 2020, apart from nursing homes, where it remained lower in June 2021 than February 2020.
With projected Fed decreases, investor confidence is rising
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 21, 2024
The past few years have been challenging on debt markets in real estate, particularly in the senior living and care market, but a “boost in investor confidence” is occurring now, according to Jason...
Pandemic a good opportunity for SNFs to prove their importance: Matros
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 30, 2020
Census pressure and uncertainties caused by COVID-19 continue to threaten the nursing home industry. But at least one major real estate investment trust CEO sees this period as a time of good opportunity...