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‘Alarming’ legal opinion could be ‘detrimental’ to senior living project financing, leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2024
An “alarming” legal opinion affecting a federal loan program popular with senior living and care organizations could have a “detrimental” effect on maintaining senior living communities and other...
‘Private equity abuse’ in long-term care is target of new federal bill
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2024
Two Democratic senators from Massachusetts have introduced a bill they say is meant to “root out corporate greed and private equity abuse” in nursing homes, assisted living communities, home health...
Brookdale finds itself in the midst of another federal inquiry, this time about skilled nursing
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
The country’s largest senior living company on Sunday found itself the subject of an inquiry related to a new federal mandate for minimum staffing at nursing homes. Brookdale Senior Living President...
Federal final rule drops bring cries of ‘flawed,’ ‘aggressive,’ ‘dramatic’ from senior living...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 25, 2024
Late April brought a shower of regulatory changes as the federal government dropped four major final rules this week that the senior living and care industry is calling “flawed,” “aggressive” and...
Federal nursing home staffing mandate will siphon workers from senior living, groups fear
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 23, 2024
A federal nursing home staffing mandate will siphon workers from assisted living and other long-term care settings, in the long run limiting access to care and services, according to senior living experts...
Bake sale-supported nursing home turns to assisted living to survive
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 05, 2024
A Rhode Island nursing home that had turned to a grassroots funding campaign that included a resident-run bake sale to avoid closure is reworking one of its floors into a memory-care focused assisted...
Funding bill could increase workforce challenges for assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 06, 2024
A bill aimed at nursing home staff could potentially have negative effects on Maryland assisted living providers already challenged by workforce issues, according to industry advocates.
Senior housing and care lending relatively weak in second quarter: NIC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2023
Senior living and care-related lending was relatively weak in the second quarter, likely due to yet another 0.25 percentage point rate increase from the Federal Reserve and significant disruptions among...
Dollars spent on HCBS go further than those spent on nursing homes, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2023
Older adults are not “drawn out of the woodwork” to try to qualify for Medicaid benefits when a state expands home- and community-based services, according to the findings of a new study.