Demand for senior housing driving accelerated move-in pace: NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2021
Demand for senior housing and care continues to increase despite rising COVID-19 cases. That’s according to the latest executive survey from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Education, mandates, incentives drive high long-term care staff COVID-19 vaccination rates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
Hawaii’s assisted living and other long-term care facilities are beating the odds — and national averages — by achieving an average 84% staff COVID-19 vaccination rate. Elsewhere, some providers...
5 items for senior living’s 2022 to-do list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2022
The leaders of five organizations active in the senior living space recently shared with me their insights on the biggest challenges facing the industry. Culled from their comments is a list of action...
COVID cases rise among nursing home staff, NIC says; AMDA releases new guidance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2022
Weekly COVID-19 cases among skilled nursing home staff members and residents set new records earlier this month, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
As pandemic continues, solving labor challenges becomes even more urgent, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2022
COVID-19 and the labor issues it exacerbates will be a primary focus of senior living providers for much or all of 2022, with recovery extending into 2023 and beyond, industry leaders tell McKnight’s...
Senior living operators ‘incredibly agile and dedicated’ during COVID-19 pandemic: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 29, 2021
Senior living and care providers have been “incredibly agile and dedicated” during the pandemic, working 24 / 7 to keep residents safe, researchers concluded after interviews with operators about their...
Future of seniors housing industry is ‘all about a vaccine’: NIC economist
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 06, 2020
The future of seniors housing will depend on several factors, but to National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Chief Economist Beth Burnham Mace, “It’s all about a vaccine.”
Lenders still bullish on senior housing; expect 2022 to be more borrower-friendly
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 11, 2021
The senior housing financing markets have evolved over the course of the pandemic — as lenders and owners both adapted in real-time — to unprecedented asset level revenue declines exacerbated by operating...
50 percent of skilled nursing facilities report occupancy increases: NIC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 14, 2021
An average of 50% organizations with nursing care beds reported occupancy increases for the period Feb. 8 to May 2, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care’s Executive...