Healthpeak Properties to be ‘opportunistic’ with CCRC portfolio
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 03, 2022
Healthpeak Properties is prioritizing its capital allocation on its life science and medical offices businesses and will be “opportunistic” regarding its continuing care retirement community portfolio,...
Some CCRCs cutting back on skilled nursing as labor challenges continue: analysis
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2022
As labor challenges continue in long-term care, some continuing care retirement / life plan communities are cutting back on the skilled nursing services they offer, according to a new Fitch Ratings labor...
Expanding a community’s reach and keeping residents engaged
Oct 26, 2022
Ben Unkle, CEO of Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, discusses early advantage programs to expand the reach of a life plan community and also engagement and how it can help alleviate social isolation...
CCRC financial ratio medians stable year over year: Ziegler
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 17, 2022
In an annual study of 19 financial ratio median and qurartile values deemed important for analyzing the credit quality of not-for-profit continuing care retirement communities, Ziegler Credit Surveillance...
Inflation, staffing pose pressures for not-for-profit life plan communities: Fitch Ratings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 29, 2022
The not-for-profit continuing care / life plan communities sector has “broadly recovered” from pandemic stressors, but challenges lie ahead. That’s according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.
Expanding CCRCs bullish on assisted living, satellite campuses: Ziegler
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2022
More than half of continuing care retirement community chief financial officers attending the 25th Annual Ziegler Senior Living Finance + Strategy Conference said they plan to expand their communities...
Residents’ chronic conditions could push operators to integrate care, housing: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — US senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care...
CCRC demand remains robust: Fitch
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2022
Favorable demographic trends, with more Americans reaching retirement age, the ability to absorb cost inflation and good access to capital markets, will keep the continuing care retirement / life plan...
Inflation could stifle pandemic recovery among CCRCs: Fitch
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 07, 2022
Operating performance and future demand for continuing care retirement / life plan communities could be significantly affected if inflationary pressures continue beyond this year, according to Fitch Ratings.
Not-for-profit life plan communities brace for inflationary pressures, other challenges: Fitch Ratings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 07, 2022
Following a “comeback year” in 2021, continuing care retirement / life plan communities are bracing for economic challenges ahead, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.