Industry advocate defends CCRC model after bankruptcy attention
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2024
The bankruptcy filings of several continuing care retirement / life plan communities has gained the attention of the Wall Street Journal, prompting a letter to the editor from LeadingAge defending the...
Assisted living managers in CCRCs see 4.64 percent salary bump: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 10, 2024
Assisted living/personal care managers in continuing care retirement / life plan communities received an average 4.64% bump in salary and an average 6.21% bonus over the previous year’s levels, according...
Most continuing care retirement / life plan communities maintained relatively high occupancy rates in the first quarter, with data showing a pattern of stronger occupancy growth in regions reporting smaller...
CCRCs continue upward trend in occupancy recovery
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 20, 2024
Continuing care retirement / life plan community occupancy continues to grow, according to a new report from specialty investment bank Ziegler.
SNFs, CCRCs ‘off the pace’ for recruiting, retaining workers: Fitch
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 16, 2024
Skilled nursing facilities and continuing care retirement / life plan communities “are still well off the pace needed to reach a full post-pandemic recovery” in terms of their workforces, according...
CCRCs partner to offer home healthcare to independent living residents
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 08, 2024
Two continuing care retirement communities in western New York have partnered to provide a home healthcare option for the communities’ independent living residents.
Kansas providers may face fee hike after audit reveals many wrongly paid cut-rate assessments
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2024
Continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes in Kansas could face additional scrutiny — and in some cases, higher fees — after a recent audit from the Kansas Medicaid inspector general’s...
Entrance fee refunds from bankrupt CCRC to be 10 percent of what’s due
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2024
After declaring bankruptcy last June, Friendship Village of Schaumburg, IL, still owes refunds of entrance fees to dozens of residents or their families. Now they are set to split $2 million being held...
Fitch says ratings changes could benefit SNF-heavy CCRCs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
Fitch Ratings’ proposed changes to the way it rates not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan communities are designed to provide “much more transparency around [communities] that don’t...
Actions & Transactions, March 18
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
PSL sells Phillipsburg, PA, CCRC to Continuum Healthcare to focus on ‘strong emphasis’ in independent living… Ziegler advises on sale of 100+ bed SNF in Chicago … DiningRD acquires Kind Dining...