Senior living industry celebrates decision overruling FTC’s noncompete ban
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 22, 2024
A federal judge’s decision to strike down the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on employment noncompete agreements is being celebrated by the senior living industry, among other business and employer...
Sonida Senior Living sees occupancy record, acquires 9 communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2024
Dallas-based Sonida Senior Living saw the highest occupancy in the history of its same-store portfolio and made “considerable” progress on its other growth initiatives, too, in the second quarter,...
SCOTUS places ‘tombstone’ on Chevron doctrine, upending operation of federal agencies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2024
A Supreme Court decision handed down Friday morning could transform the way federal agencies operate, providing the basis for senior living operators and other companies to challenge agency decisions.
Good Sam, Ebenezer parent organizations to merge
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 15, 2022
The parent companies of two of the largest not-for-profit senior living and care organizations in the country announced their intention to merge Tuesday.
Senior living operator agrees to $9.5M wage settlement in FLSA case
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2022
A senior living operator will pay $9.5 million to caregivers across four states who were denied wages for work done off the clock and during meal breaks. The determination follows a district court judge’s...
As long-term care job vacancies approach 30 percent, report suggests solutions
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 08, 2022
As workforce vacancies near 30% among Wisconsin long-term care operators, a new report from a coalition of provider organizations recommends funding sustainability, certification flexibility and compassion...
Record entry fee sales driving Healthpeak’s CCRCs in second quarter
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 04, 2022
Healthpeak Properties’ continuing care retirement community segment is seeing unprecedented entry fee collections, according to executives speaking during the Denver company’s second-quarter earnings...
Biden lays out a ‘path out of the pandemic,’ but senior living says it’s a ‘path toward bankruptcy’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 10, 2021
President Biden late Thursday laid out a six-point COVID-19 action plan to combat the virus and protect the economy, but one senior living association executive called it “a path toward bankruptcy”...
Senior living provider takes COVID vaccinations into its own hands with certification
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 03, 2021
A Fort Worth, TX-based senior living owner and operator is taking COVID-19 vaccination into its own hands, becoming certified by the Lone Star State to directly vaccinate its residents, employees and essential...
Sales, marketing teams need to ‘reshape the story’ to sell senior living post-COVID
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 23, 2020
“It’s a different era we live in. It’s a different story we need to tell,” Jacquelyn Kung, DrPH, CEO of Activated Insights, told attendees during SMASH Week 2020.