Assisted, independent living move-in rates reached record post-pandemic highs in June: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Sep 07, 2021
Move-ins outpaced move-outs in all three senior living segments — independent living, assisted living, and memory care — for four consecutive months from March through June of this year, showing continued...
Skilled nursing occupancy begins to stabilize: NIC
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Amy Novotney
May 07, 2021
Occupancy at U.S. skilled nursing facilities increased to 71.2% in February, as reported by the latest monthly skilled nursing data released Thursday from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Senior living capital is available, and here’s how to get it: BlackRock
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Amy Novotney
May 03, 2021
The availability of funds from institutional investors is extremely high right now, and the ripe is ripe for senior living owners and operators to take advantage of that, according to Brian Pyhel, director...
Long-term care lenders say COVID-19 continues to affect terms, requirements
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Amy Novotney
Apr 07, 2021
As senior living and skilled nursing residents complete their COVID-19 vaccinations and case counts continue to decrease within the setting, some banks may be getting ready to re-enter the long-term care...
Senior living indirectly benefits from $5.3T in COVID-19 stimulus offers, but economists concerned about...
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Amy Novotney
Mar 30, 2021
The U.S. federal government has passed an unprecedented $5.3 trillion in stimulus packages in an effort to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the short term, these efforts appear to...
Post-COVID changes in design and operations likely to affect profitability and returns for some time:...
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Amy Novotney
Mar 23, 2021
Even as census rate declines within senior living communities begin to slow as a result of vaccine rollouts and COVID-19 case declines within the sector, some experts say headwinds are expected to continue...
Senior living occupancy declines slowed in February as COVID-19 cases fell and vaccinations rose: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Mar 18, 2021
The occupancy rate within majority independent living organizations fell just 0.2% last month. It was a new low of 82.5%, but the drop was the smallest month-over-month decline since March 2020, when the...
With COVID-19 cases down to just two per day in recent weeks within a portfolio serving 40,000 residents, and a 100% resident vaccination rate expected by the end of the month, Ventas Chairman and CEO...
Skilled nursing occupancy hit new record low of 71.7% in December: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Mar 05, 2021
Just as recent efforts to vaccinate long-term care patients and frontline healthcare workers began at the end of December, occupancy at the nation’s skilled nursing facilities reached its lowest level...
Acquisitions more likely than new developments as operators emerge from pandemic: speakers
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Amy Novotney
Feb 03, 2021
More than 10 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, senior housing investors are more interested in prioritizing acquisitions above new developments as the uncertainty of the market continues. That’s according...