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...
U.S. Court of Appeals upholds California’s retirement savings program
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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.
CCRC occupancy trends lower but better than non-CCRCs: analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 25, 2021
Occupancy in continuing care retirement communities fell 1.4 percentage points from the fourth quarter to 84.3% through the first quarter of 2021, according to data released Friday by the National Investment...
‘We are seeing the green shoots of recovery,’ Brookdale CEO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2021
Brookdale Senior Living is “seeing the green shoots of recovery,” President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier said yesterday at the Capital Markets Global Health Care Conference.
Supreme Court declines to review negligence suit
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 08, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court justices declined on Monday to review a South Carolina court’s decision refusing to enforce an arbitration clause in a negligence case brought against an assisted living facility.
Business briefs, Feb. 10
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 10, 2022
Healthpeak: Occupancy gains momentum; staffing remains challenge: Healthpeak CEO … Florida lawmakers to vote this week on lowering nursing home staffing requirements … PointClickCare named Best in...
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.
Actions & Transactions, May 21
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 21, 2021
Veterans home project adds $269M skilled nursing facility … Sacramento City Council approves increased funding for affordable senior housing community … . Monarch Development plans affordable senior...
LTC unions urge CDC to revise masking guidance for vaccinated individuals to protect workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 21, 2021
Unions representing registered nurses and others who work in long-term care are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reconsider its May 13 guidance on mask-wearing and social distancing...