Pandemic, REITs, women leaders major factors affecting senior living: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 07, 2021
Major market changes, post-COVID-19 disruption and the progress of women in leadership are highlights of a recent report about the largest for-profit senior living providers.
A Q&A with NIC’s Robert Kramer
By
John Hall
Sep 13, 2016
Robert G. Kramer, founder and CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, recently spoke with McKnight’s about the current state and future prospects of independent living,...
Ventas, Welltower comment on COVID-19; Genesis reports 4th-quarter loss
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 18, 2020
The CEOs of two large senior housing real estate investment trusts reassured their residents, staff and investors Tuesday that the companies are prioritizing resident and staff health and safety above...
REIT ownership linked to decline in RN staffing, increases in LPN, CNA use
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Nursing homes, after being purchased by a real estate investment trust, are likely to see increases in licensed practical nurse and certified nursing assistant staff hours per resident day of 2.15% and...
NIC panelists offer tips for staff recruiting and retention
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2018
Panelists at a Thursday educational session at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s Spring Investment Forum in Dallas shared advice for addressing senior living’s No....
A new business model for assisted living?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2015
Will the future of assisted living see providers coordinating health and long-term care services to benefit their residents and save the healthcare system money? Healthcare policy researcher David Grabowski,...
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,...
Quality, safety, accountability vital, industry leaders say, as Washington Post report cites deaths at...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2023
Senior living industry leaders stressed their belief in the importance of quality, safety and accountability Sunday in response to a package of articles in the Washington Post titled “Memory Inc.,”...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Chapman, Duker, Kramer are 2024 inductees into Senior Living Hall of Fame
Jan 05, 2024
The late George Chapman, along with Marilynn Duker and Robert G. Kramer, are the 2024 inductees into the Senior Living Hall of Fame, the American Seniors Housing Association announced Thursday.