Responding to a worsening pandemic, Argentum assembled a working group of clinical experts to address key COVID-related challenges to help guide its assisted living members.
The consumer insights company ranks assisted living/memory care and independent living providers and also shares additional findings about satisfaction in senior living communities based on almost 5,000 responses from residents and their families.
Although not the reason behind Healthpeak Properties’ planned exit of its senior housing operating and triple-net lease portfolio businesses, COVID-19 certainly served as a catalyst for a full exit, CEO Thomas Herzog said Tuesday during the real estate investment trust’s third-quarter earnings call.
Brookdale Senior Living remains the largest operator of senior living communities on an American Seniors Housing Association’s ASHA 50 list for 2020 compared with 2019, and Welltower remains the largest owner of senior living communities on a companion list. The annual rankings were released Wednesday.
Argentum’s 2020 Largest Providers Report list increased by 10 this year to include data on 150 senior living providers.
Assisted living communities would be required to report confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 to federal, state and local health officials, as well as to residents and their families — and would have one day to do it — under legislation announced by two U.S. senators and one congresswoman. The report on which the bill is based, however, “falls short” and is “misleading,” according to one association representing operators.
Sunrise Senior Living reportedly is dropping the $30 million lawsuit it filed in July against the the town council of Vienna, VA, alleging that the body discriminated against older adults and people with disabilities in rejecting a rezoning application and conditional use permit for an assisted living and memory care community proposed for a downtown redevelopment area.
One of the country’s largest senior living operators is pushing back against a potential class action lawsuit in California, calling its claims “baseless” and “categorically false.” The outcome could affect operators across the country.
Four decades ago, older adults with lower-acuity needs who could cover their care costs usually lived in nursing homes. But not anymore.
Five senior living communities have been recognized by Argentum with 2019 Senior Living by Design awards. The annual awards program honors architects, design firms and senior living providers.
