American Healthcare REIT ‘optimistic’ about senior housing despite third-quarter performance
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2022
Senior housing remains a “challenge,” but American Healthcare REIT is expecting to rebuild occupancy across its portfolio as inflationary pressures ease, the company told investors in a third-quarter...
NLRB decision should cue employer vigilance for labor rights violations, counsel says
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 30, 2023
A new National Labor Relations Board decision may make it easier to show that an employer has retaliated against employees for participating in union or other legally protected activities, according to...
Healthcare execs eye new revenue streams, talent retention, survey finds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 29, 2023
US companies are upbeat about the future, focused on reinvention and less concerned about recessionary trends, according to PwC’s August 2023 Pulse Survey. But healthcare leaders cited talent retention...
Capital Senior Living move-ins at 2-year high, indicating rebound in demand, CEO says
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 01, 2021
March move-ins across the company’s 60 communities are on track to be at their highest monthly level in two years, while overall occupancy rates remain near 75%.
Women’s retirement security undercut by pandemic job disruption, caregiving tasks and debt: survey
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2022
As they emerge from the pandemic, women are facing a heavy burden of retirement insecurity due to societal factors that include a persistent gender pay gap, time out of the workforce for caregiving, and...
Argentum urges member push to include senior living in provider relief funds
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 01, 2021
A sign-on letter campaign is one time-sensitive priority among various efforts to secure federal funding and help providers recover from pandemic losses. President Biden’s newly announced infrastructure...
From space station to Broadway play: Senior living residents get to travel in virtual reality program
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2021
Senior living residents in Bakersfield, CA, are getting a chance to immerse themselves in fantasy travel and adventures from the comfort of home as participants in a virtual reality program supported by...
Affordable senior housing community nabs top-level green building certifications
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 30, 2023
An affordable senior housing development in Colorado is the first community of its kind in the United States to receive the “Plus” level of two key sustainability certifications, according to the International...
Require COVID-19 vaccination of all long-term care workers: Experts reach consensus
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2021
The evidence-based verdict from LTC doctors and a range of other specialists: healthcare institutions and facilities — including long-term care facilities — should require that their personnel be vaccinated...