Potential coronavirus leads to quarantine, no-visitor policies at Nebraska senior living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 10, 2020
Two Nebraska senior living communities are under quarantine, and two others are not allowing visitors “out of an abundance of caution” after the communities’ operator learned that an employee of...
Dominion counts on profit-sharing to woo, keep executive directors
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 25, 2017
Dominion Senior Living is adapting Chick-fil-A’s employment approach to senior living, banking on the belief that executive directors who “own” the experience at their communities will...
Brookdale’s $4 billion acquisition on hold: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2017
Brookdale Senior Living’s talks to be acquired by Beijing-based Zhonghong Zhuoye Group Co. Ltd. have stalled because Chinese regulatory officials are more carefully scrutinizing overseas investments...
Occupancy declines at Holiday continue to affect New Senior
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 03, 2017
Holiday Retirement’s operating model transition, which saw community oversight change from live-in managers to more traditional executive directors over the past year, continued to affect occupancy...
Seniors housing is bright spot for Welltower in second quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 30, 2017
The seniors housing operating portfolio was “the highlight” of the second quarter for Welltower, “with meaningful outperformance relative to our budget,” Shankh Mitra, the real...
‘Time to move on’ from healthcare reform, or is it?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 30, 2017
Provider groups applauded Friday’s early-morning failure of the Senate’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Some in the federal government, however, later suggested that...
The Brookdale Senior Living Board of Directors welcomed a new member as part of an agreement with an activist shareholder that will have additional effects on the company’s annual meetings in 2017...
Trump administration will develop own overtime rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2017
The Department of Labor under President Trump plans to develop its own rule regarding overtime pay rather than continue a legal battle to enact a rule proposed under the Obama administration, government...
Report calls for regulatory changes to address acuity, staffing challenges
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 30, 2017
Many challenges faced by assisted living communities in a populous state can be attributed to staffing requirements that have not kept pace with resident needs that are increasing in acuity, according...
NHI CEO: Why seniors housing should care about healthcare reform
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2017
Even if seniors housing operators won’t be directly affected by legislation that partially or fully replaces the Affordable Care Act, the reform efforts still are important to them, National Health...