A national online survey on the COVID-19 effects on assisted living communities and nursing homes found that voters believe the government has failed to support long-term care facilities, and that these facilities deserve the same resources as hospitals.
Appointments at Brookdale Senior Living, HJ Sims, Hoefer Wysocki, MDI, ORIX Real Estate Capital, ServiceMaster DSI, Solstice Senior Living and Watercrest Senior Living Group.
As COVID-19-related lawsuits are being filed against senior living operators, operators can take practical steps to reduce their litigation risk in the wake of the pandemic, according to an attorney who spoke with McKnight’s Senior Living.
Argentum and the Alzheimer’s Association say coordinating the response to the COVID-19 pandemic will provide a broader understanding of the virus’ full effects in senior living and other settings.
Operators of independent living communities and operators of senior living communities targeting middle-income individuals have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that differ from other senior living and skilled nursing providers, according to executives of New Senior Investment Group and CareTrust REIT.
COVID-19 affected Welltower’s business overnight, but the real estate investment trust remains committed to senior housing in its portfolio, executives said on a first-quarter earnings call.
With several states beginning to reopen businesses but COVID-19 still a threat, LeadingAge on Thursday unveiled a five-point plan of actions it deems essential to protecting older Americans and frontline healthcare workers who live or work in senior living communities and other settings.
Less than 1% of residents at the country’s largest senior living operator have tested positive for COVID-19, but the virus has still affected occupancy rates, according to Brookdale Senior Living executives on the company’s first-quarter earnings call.
Healthpeak Properties’s senior housing operators are feeling the effects of COVID-19, but pent-up demand should help occupancy rebound as the pandemic eases, top executives predicted Wednesday on the real estate investment trust’s first-quarter earnings call.
Eight weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, The Woodlands, TX-based Avanti Senior Living remains COVID-free. Avanti Chief Operating Officer Lori Alford said that statistic has a lot to do with policies, team commitment, a court victory and a little bit of luck.
