Investors’ top worries for seniors housing in 2018
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 16, 2018
The changing regulatory environment may be top-of-mind for senior living owners and operators, but that is not the case for seniors housing investors, developers, lenders and brokers.
Top senior living concerns are recruiting, retaining, paying, survey says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2018
Staffing and labor issues by far are the biggest concerns of senior living chief financial officers responding to a recent poll by specialty investment bank Ziegler.
Good Samaritan explores merger in era of ‘unprecedented change’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2018
One of the country’s largest senior living operators may be on the verge of getting even bigger in an effort to meet the challenges of an era of “unprecedented change” in healthcare.
Justice Department healthcare fraud recoveries top $2.4 billion in FY 2017
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2018
Settlements with Life Care Centers of America and eClinicalWorks marked two of the largest healthcare fraud-related recoveries by the federal government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Justice...
Study suggests higher Medicaid payments for assisted living operators
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2017
States should make certain that Medicaid payments to assisted living community operators are high enough to encourage them to serve Medicaid beneficiaries and to increase beneficiaries’ access to...
Hospice care lengthier in assisted living compared with skilled nursing, homes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2017
Median length of hospice care for assisted living residents is more than twice as long as it is for skilled nursing residents or people receiving care in traditional homes, according to a new study.
Anti-fraud efforts must include senior living, hearing witness says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2017
Efforts to stop or prevent the financial exploitation of older adults should include assisted living and continuing care retirement communities, as well as personal care and nursing homes, because residents...
CCRC tests 8-hour pay for 6-hour day
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2018
A Virginia continuing care retirement community is launching a program it hopes will help attract and retain full- and part-time certified nursing assistants in a competitive market.
Labor costs driving up resident fees: survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2016
Labor costs are the primary driver for monthly fee increases charged to residents of not-for-profit senior living communities, according to a new poll by speciality investment bank Ziegler.
7 hot markets for new seniors housing inventory
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 27, 2017
Almost one-third of the 35,000 units of seniors housing units added in primary and secondary markets over the past year have been built in seven metropolitan markets, according to National Investment Center...