Senior housing investment takes a ‘modest step back’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2022
The economic recovery embraced by senior housing investors a year ago is still happening, but it has taken a “modest step back” in the face of increasing costs, inflation and interest rate hikes, Beth...
‘Clinic without walls’ for long-term care residents ‘one of many benefits’ of Good Samaritan–Sanford...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2022
About a year after their affiliation was finalized, long-term care provider Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and healthcare system Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD, launched a program meant...
Employer faces ADA lawsuit even though it has no proof that employee has medical condition
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2022
A Pennsylvania long-term care provider is facing a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act even though the plaintiff, a fired employee, may not have a qualifying medical condition.
Senior living community rebrands to attract middle-income older adults, adds nursing care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2022
A Westland, MI, senior living community that was slated to close last year has found new life with rebranding meant to attract interest from middle-income older adults.
Survey: Only 10 percent of Americans have long-term care coverage
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2022
Seventy percent of Americans over the age of 65 likely will need long-term care, yet only 10% of them are carrying long-term care coverage, according to the results of a recent survey by the Arctos Foundation...
Record Social Security bump could push seniors into higher tax bracket, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2022
Social Security recipients could see a record 10.5% cost of living adjustment next year, the bipartisan Senior Citizen League predicts, but that could bump some beneficiaries into higher tax brackets....
SEC rescinds Trump-era shareholder proxy rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to rescind rules governing proxy voting advice put into practice in November 2020.
COVID-19 public health emergency extended again
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 15, 2022
The federal public health emergency related to COVID-19 was renewed Friday “[a]s a result of the continued consequences” of the pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.
48 percent of private-sector employees don’t have workplace retirement plans
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2022
Access to a workplace retirement plan is an important means of planning for financial security later on, and yet 48% of U.S. private-sector employees aged 18 to 64 work for an employer that does not offer...
Christian Living Communities celebrates 50th anniversary with fresh look
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2022
Denver-based Christian Life Communities is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the rollout of a new logo and tagline.