DOJ accuses South Carolina of unnecessarily segregating adults with mental illness in assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2023
The state of South Carolina violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by unnecessarily segregating adults with serious mental illness in assisted living communities, the US Department of Justice said...
Diversified Healthcare Trust: Future in ‘substantial doubt’ as stand-alone company
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 10, 2023
“Current conditions raise substantial doubt about our company’s ability to continue as a going concern as a stand-alone company,” Diversified Healthcare Trust President and CEO Jennifer Francis said...
Enlivant portfolio sale process to begin before end of year, Sabra Health Care REIT CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 09, 2022
The 157-community, 6,996-unit Enlivant senior living portfolio in which Sabra Health Care REIT has a 49% stake through a joint venture with private equity firm TPG Real Estate will go up for sale by the...
Updated: Welltower to move 147 ProMedica SNFs to Integra Health JV; ProMedica to continue to operate...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 07, 2022
Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust Welltower will move 147 skilled nursing facilities currently operated by Toledo-based ProMedica Senior Care into a joint venture between Welltower and Integra...
AHCA/NCAL, 15 other groups pressure HHS to extend public health emergency
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 12, 2022
The official start of summer is more than a month away, but 16 national organizations, including the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, were thinking of fall and the...
CCRCs ‘exceeded expectations’ in first quarter, Healthpeak says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 05, 2022
First-quarter results in Healthpeak Properties’ continuing care retirement community segment “exceeded our expectations,” the real estate investment trust’s president and chief investment officer,...
CDC: Mitigation measures, not symptom screening, ‘instrumental’ in preventing COVID-19 outbreaks...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 06, 2020
Symptom screening is of limited use in identifying cases of COVID-19, so mitigation measures could be “instrumental” in preventing an outbreak in independent living and assisted living communities,...
Trilogy Health Services commits $10 million to high school training program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 03, 2020
Louisville, KY-based Trilogy Health Services will invest $10 million in its home state to train high school students for healthcare careers, the organization announced at a Friday press conference.
Healthcare, real estate and the Stanley Cup
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2019
Debra A. Cafaro, chairman and CEO of real estate investment trust Ventas Inc. recently spent a few minutes answering questions for McKnight’s Senior Living about the middle market, sustainability and...
Binge drinking puts 10% of older adults at greater risk of falls, other health issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 01, 2019
New research may have senior living operators proceeding more carefully with offerings such as in-community bars and happy hours.