‘Profound’ financial, workforce challenges persist for senior living providers as 2024 begins
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2024
Senior living operators will continue to face inflationary pressures and capital market challenges in 2024, but some effects may lessen before the year is out, according to senior living industry experts....
Federal, lender support needed for assisted living operators to lower rates, leader says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 21, 2023
Financial support from the federal government and private lenders would be required to lower assisted living rates, National Center for Assisted Living Executive Director LaShuan Bethea told the New York...
Federal efforts to strengthen care economy fall short for senior living, advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2023
President Biden’s executive order on strengthening the care economy, although well-intentioned, does not offer adequate solutions for long-term care in part because it does not support assisted living...
Medicaid a major challenge to providing affordable assisted living, NCAL says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 30, 2023
The Medicaid program is one of the major challenges to the provision of affordable assisted living, according to a new white paper from the National Center for Assisted Living. At issue, according to the...
Provider groups back reintroduced bill expanding veterans’ access to assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 27, 2023
After going nowhere in the last Congress, a bill expanding veterans’ access to assisted living has been reintroduced in this Congress, with backing from all four main trade associations representing...
Business of long-term care ‘has never been worse’ as occupancy, staffing challenges continue
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2022
NASHVILLE, TN — With the clinical issues of COVID-19 largely behind the long-term care industry, the business side “has never been worse,” according to American Health Care Association / National...