$1.5 million philanthropic gift will fund community’s independent living neighborhood
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 11, 2021
The Mercy Medical Center Foundation has received a $1.5 million donation from the Wayne and Nan Kocourek Foundation to develop an independent living neighborhood within HallMar Village, a senior living...
OSHA inspections into healthcare companies lower than expected, Fisher Phillips discovers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 09, 2022
Data from Fisher Phillips’ recently launched OSHA inspections tracker gave the law firm’s attorneys pause, as the results showed that healthcare inspections from the Occupational Health and Safety...
States, courts take actions that complicate vaccine mandate effects
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2021
So far, courts across the country—all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court—have sided with state governments on imposed vaccine requirements. The justices declined Friday to even hear a case challenging...
Lender gives reasons to be ‘bullish’ on senior housing and care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2021
The senior living sector no doubt has seen pandemic-related challenges, but “the fundamentals of the business are sound,” according to Matthew Ruark, senior vice president of commercial and healthcare...
Nursing, residential care facilities lost 11,000 jobs in November
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2021
Healthcare added 2,000 jobs in November, but nursing and residential care facilities lost 11,000 jobs, according to a report released Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
‘Needs-based character’ makes senior living attractive to investors, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2021
Senior housing is still in recovery mode from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the sector still offers investment opportunities, according to Robb Chapin, a partner at Bridge Investment Group.
Iowa SNF faces $685,000 in fines for regulatory violations, is placed on CMS Special-Focus Facility List
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2021
A nursing facility in Iowa has amassed more than a half a million dollars in fines, and has been added to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Special-Focus Facility List.
Senior living occupancy rates continue to rise, according to business reports released Thursday by Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living and Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust Welltower.
Revel launches program allowing residents to live seasonally at another community
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2021
Scottsdale, AZ-based Revel Communities has unveiled a program that will enable residents to explore new places by allowing them to rent fully furnished, short-term rental homes across the brand’s portfolio...
Operators welcome delays in enforcing New York’s nursing home staffing requirements
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2022
Some unions and advocates for older adults are concerned that minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes passed last May by New York state lawmakers have not taken effect.