Occupancy, financial gains continue in Sabra Health Care REIT’s senior living portfolio
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 29, 2024
Quarterly occupancy in Sabra Health Care REIT’s portfolio of wholly owned managed senior living communities in the fourth quarter of 2023 reached its highest level since the second quarter of 2020, the...
Black and Hispanic older adults in ‘Forgotten Middle’ are ‘worst off’
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2024
Trends in home ownership and equity, income, health and other issues indicate that millions of middle-income Black, Hispanic or rural older adults may not have the financial resources they need to pay...
Alzheimer’s Association calls for federal involvement to increase dementia care workforce, training...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 29, 2024
“Congress should consider the steps it can take at the federal level, including expanding the necessary workforce and improving dementia training standards and access,” as part of efforts to “help...
‘Profound’ financial, workforce challenges persist for senior living providers as 2024 begins
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2024
Senior living operators will continue to face inflationary pressures and capital market challenges in 2024, but some effects may lessen before the year is out, according to senior living industry experts....
Brookdale Senior Living sells remaining interest in home health, hospice, therapy business, sees $27...
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 27, 2023
Brookdale Senior Living has sold the remaining 20% equity interest it held in its Health Care Services unconsolidated venture and received aggregate proceeds of approximately $27 million in the process,...
Big senior living stories of 2023
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2023
The long shadow of the pandemic continued to recede in 2023, although the senior living profession continued to feel its effects. The COVID-19 public emergency ended May 11. Wage growth has declined but...
Updated: Healthpeak Properties to merge with Physicians Realty Trust in $21 billion deal
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2023
Denver-based real estate investment trust Healthpeak Properties, with a portfolio that includes 15 continuing care retirement communities, will merge with Milwaukee-based Physicians Realty Trust in an...
What’s next after NIC for Brian Jurutka
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2023
Brian Jurutka, former president and CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, has started a new chapter in his career, and it’s one that will enable him to continue to use data...
After ‘exciting and busy’ quarter, pricing expectations may hinder senior living deals, CareTrust...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2023
CareTrust REIT’s “exciting and busy” second quarter included acquisitions in senior living, but future deals in the sector in the near term may be challenged by “a gap between seller and buyer...
UPDATED: Diversified Healthcare Trust to merge with Office Properties Income Trust
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2023
Newton, MA-based Diversified Healthcare Trust, with a senior living operating portfolio that includes 237 communities with 25,346 living units, has entered into an agreement to merge with Office Properties...