Poor health exacerbates financial stress, but it’s not the worst among seniors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 16, 2024
Poor health exacerbates financial stress among Americans, but it’s worse for those aged 50 to 64 than it is for those aged 65 or more years — people who often are on fixed incomes.
HUD awards millions in ‘green’ funding to 17 affordable senior housing communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 26, 2024
Seventeen affordable seniors housing properties will receive funding ranging from $2.4 million to $20 million, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday as it makes available a...
IRS plans to deny billions of dollars in ‘clearly improper’ employee retention credit claims
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 25, 2024
The IRS said it plans to deny tens of thousands of improper, high-risk employee retention credit claims from employers, totaling billions of dollars, after a review found “a large number of improper...
‘Significant benefits’ gained from state-run retirement savings programs: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 07, 2024
A state-run retirement savings program can provide “significant benefits” for workers whose employers don’t offer plans, according to a study of a model in Oregon recently published in Contemporary...
NIC Analytics report reveals inconsistencies in financing support, availability
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 28, 2024
The lending market for senior living and care properties remained low in the fourth quarter, according to a NIC lending trends report released Thursday by NIC Analytics.
Healthcare REITs diminish REITs’ overall ‘modest growth’ in funds from operations: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 29, 2024
Almost two-thirds of real estate investment trusts reported year-over-year increases in funds from operations in the first quarter, but healthcare REITs saw a decrease of $999 million in FFO year over...
Care management improves ROI for dementia-related care costs: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 28, 2024
Care management significantly improved healthcare costs, utilization and overall return on investment for Medicare managed-care people living with dementia who were enrolled in one dementia care management...
Older adults’ net worth surges following pandemic
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 13, 2024
Home and stock prices have increased substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a $91,000 median increase in net worth between 2019 and 2022 for households headed by someone aged 65 or more...
Rising cost of employer-sponsored healthcare cutting into worker wages, study finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 17, 2024
Employers are paying more for healthcare insurance, and the costs are cutting into wages and contributing to growing income inequality. That’s according to research published Tuesday in the Journal of...
NHI investment pipeline exceeds $300 million
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 08, 2024
National Health Investors’ investment pipeline currently is valued at more than $300 million, Chief Investment Officer Kevin Pascoe said Tuesday on the Murfreesboro, TN-based real estate investment...