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CCRC ratings unlikely to be affected by SNF staffing mandates: Fitch
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
The minimum staffing rule that most nursing homes will be required to meet within the next three years will add to staffing pressures at continuing care retirement / life plan communities, but it will...
CCRCs, SNFs face continuing challenges in recruiting staff: Fitch Ratings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2023
Continuing care retirement / life plan communities and skilled nursing facilities are lagging behind assisted living communities when it comes to recruiting staff, according to Fitch Ratings’ latest...
Assisted living’s current and future importance in serving older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 11, 2023
As I was writing this week about Newsweek’s first-ever ranking of US continuing care retirement communities, coming Nov. 29, it struck me again how much senior living operators, collectively, are in...
Newsweek has announced plans to publish its first-ever ranking of US continuing care retirement communities, with results based on surveys that are underway.
Urgency of senior living move-ins has changed little since before pandemic
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 11, 2023
Despite earlier speculation, the pandemic didn’t affect the urgency of prospective residents looking to move into senior living communities. That’s according to an article in the most recent issue...
Continuing Care Hall of Fame to induct Leary, Proctor, Townsley, Van Scoyoc
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 08, 2023
Mary Leary, Stephen Proctor, Scott Townsley and Gardner Van Scoyoc will be inducted into the Continuing Care Hall of Fame Nov. 5 in Chicago.
Rate increases may be scaring away prospective residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 31, 2023
Senior living occupancy recovery continues to show encouraging trends, but rate increases could drive some prospective residents away from a community, according to an analysis of second-quarter occupancy...
CCRC salaries soaring: Nurses still in hottest demand but raises for all moderating
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 11, 2023
Employees at continuing care retirement communities once again enjoyed healthy salary increases, but the fury of their rise tapered in 2023.
Business briefs, July 11
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2023
CCRC salaries soaring: Nurses still in hottest demand but raises for all moderating … Unemployment rate sees little change at 3.8% in June: BLS … CA Supreme Court backs employers in ‘take-home’...