Omicron, costs, funding loss stalling long-term care recovery, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2022
Many factors are at work to slow long-term care recovery according to panelists at Wednesday’s Leadership Huddle of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Brookdale Senior Living, CareTrust REIT and Ventas presented their first-quarter earnings reports to investors on Friday.
$1.3 million project aims to strengthen direct care workforce
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 05, 2022
A $1.3 million federal project, with funding spread out over five years, will establish a new center to help strengthen the direct care workforce providing home- and community-based services to older...
Some Medicare Advantage organizations are denying or delaying services to beneficiaries covered under Medicare rules, according to a report issued Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services...
Observe the ‘4 Ms’ when caring for those who care for residents, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 02, 2022
In taking care of staff members, long-term care providers must ensure that the “four “Ms” are met: what matters most, medications, mobility and mind. That’s according to Emily Nicoli, MS, RN, chief...
Luxury buildings seek to help city seniors age where they’ve lived
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 29, 2022
Metropolitan seniors are being drawn to new, luxury senior living communities that rival high-end hotels, appealing to older adults who have spent their lives as city dwellers and have no desire to leave.
LTC insurance program survives first federal challenge but could see others at state level
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 28, 2022
Washington state’s first-of-a-kind, public long-term care insurance program survived its first legal challenge this week, as Federal Judge Thomas S. Zilly ruled that he lacked jurisdiction.
On-campus clinic brings primary care to senior living residents
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 25, 2022
Springfield Masonic Community and Dayton, OH-based Premier Health officially began operating the senior living community’s on-campus clinic April 4, with services ranging from routine primary care to...
University-based retirement community reaches 90 percent reservation rate for independent living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 22, 2022
Five months after construction began, Broadview Senior Living, a university-based retirement community on the campus of Purchase College in Westchester County, NY, has a 90% reservation rate for its 220...
NHI may repurchase up to $240 million in common stock shares
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 20, 2022
Murfreesboro, TN-based National Health Investors announced Monday that its board of directors on Friday had approved a repurchase plan for up to $240 million of the real estate investment trust’s common...