Brookdale sets occupancy, move-in records despite market pressures
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 09, 2022
Brookdale Senior Living recorded its best first-quarter sequential occupancy results in 10 years and in March experienced its highest March move-in figure in history, executives said Friday during a first-quarter...
Capital Senior Living looks to turnaround strategy to survive ‘challenging’ environment
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2020
Although COVID-19’s negative effects present “substantial” concerns about the company’s future, Capital Senior Living executives said Thursday that the company’s turnaround strategy creates “a...
Brookdale executives donating pay, paid time off to staff during pandemic
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Amy Novotney
Apr 15, 2020
Brookdale Senior Living President and CEO Cindy Baier donated more than two months’ salary to the firm’s Associate Compassion Fund, the company has announced. Other members of the executive team and...
Genesis reports 7% occupancy decline in April; additional reductions expected
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Danielle Brown
May 27, 2020
Genesis Healthcare is now requiring new or readmitted residents to be placed in quarantine units for 14 days before being transitioned into the general population at a facility in response to the COVID-19...
Vaccine mandates affecting home health workers likely to spur more legal challenges
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Diane Eastabrook
Sep 21, 2021
The federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate affecting home healthcare workers is likely to draw a number of legal challenges, especially when it comes to medical and religious exemptions.
New Welltower CEO remains committed to ‘wellness infrastructure’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 30, 2020
During his first earnings call as CEO of Welltower, Shankh Mitra said the Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust’s strategy will not change.
COVID-19’s lesson about the importance of self-directed care
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Greg Strobel
Aug 12, 2021
While it’s hard to find a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic, one can be found in the home healthcare industry, where the COVID-19 crisis reinforced the critical need for flexible and affordable...
Pandemic shifted strategy, but Five Star, Diversified say they remain on growth path
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a shift in strategy for Five Star Senior Living and Diversified Healthcare Trust, but company executives said Thursday during fourth-quarter earnings calls that they remain...
Encompass Health: Home healthcare, hospice likely to bounce back from pandemic by later this year
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 12, 2021
Encompass Health is expecting home healthcare and hospice census to return to pre-pandemic levels by the second half of the year.
‘Robust’ senior housing recovery well underway: Ventas CEO
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 08, 2021
Although a “robust senior housing recovery is well underway,” Ventas Chair and CEO Debra Cafaro said during Friday’s third-quarter earnings call that it may not progress in a straight line.