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...
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...
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...
Town’s only nursing facility converting to ALF, as national study finds ‘dangerously low’ occupancy...
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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...
Skilled care M&A market now one of best on record: ESI
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Amy Novotney
Nov 04, 2020
Although the skilled nursing industry — as much of the economy — appears to be in a constant state of flux given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the election, one real estate brokerage firm says...
Defaulted hotel deals show potential for CCRC conversions: senior living experts
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Amy Novotney
Jul 24, 2020
Amid the fallout from the pandemic, the seniors housing industry may find new development opportunities in defaulted hotel deals, according to panelists Thursday during an Urban Land Institute webinar.
Pandemic could be even worse for older workers’ retirement than the Great Recession: economists
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Amy Novotney
Jun 25, 2020
In a new analysis for CNN, two economists predict that the COVID-19 will have an even more profound effect on the retirement savings of older American workers’ than the Great Recession did more than...