McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards recognize 52 women at various stages of careers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 19, 2021
The first day of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction two-day festivities began yesterday with a roundtable discussion about workforce lessons from the pandemic featuring four McKnight’s Women of Distinction...
Western states expect to see senior living real estate boom
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 25, 2021
Senior living starts took a hit during the pandemic year, but demographic patterns estimates show that real estate investments in the western states might be a good way to go in the next five years for...
Actions & Transactions, May 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2021
Alura by Inspired Living holds ribbon-cutting ceremony … United Health Care Partners breaks ground on $11.2M Heartlands Senior Living Community … Greyhound provides $27.8M HUD-insured loan to refinance...
Business briefs, May 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2021
Fitch Ratings upgrades Givens Estates’ IDR to ‘A-’ … Pennsylvania Department of Health reports 90 COVID-19-specific nursing home investigations in April … “Compassion, Community, Caring”...
Pandemic means 41,000 fewer senior housing units could be needed: analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2021
COVID-19 deaths have curtailed short-term supply needs for senior housing. The projected senior housing units needed to serve those 85 or older in 2021 are less than pre-pandemic estimates by as many as...
Business Daily briefs for Wednesday, May 12
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2021
Lifesprk, Tealwood Senior Living bring together 35 senior living properties across multiple states … 2021 shaping up as ‘difficult year’ with ‘uneven’ road to recovery: National Health Investors...
Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act would invest $1B in direct care workforce
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2021
The Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act would invest more than $1 billion over five years in training and increasing opportunities for the direct care workforce,...
U.S. Court of Appeals upholds California’s retirement savings program
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 11, 2021
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower court ruling in favor of the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings program, or CalSavers.
Union workers picket outside Pennsylvania nursing facilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2021
More than 4,000 union workers in Pennsylvania picketed outside of nursing homes Tuesday in protest of what they said are decades-old nursing regulations in need of updating.
Publicly traded nursing homes see little financial effect from pandemic: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has not resulted in the forecast financial damage for the long-term care industry, according to data reviewed in a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics.