Pegasus Senior Living joins growing list of senior housing operators to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for...
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 03, 2021
Dallas-based Pegasus Senior Living this week joined a growing list of senior living providers requiring that staff members be vaccinated against COVID-19. The firm announced Monday that all employees must...
Brookdale takes ‘next step’ in pandemic in mandating staff vaccination: CEO
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 06, 2021
Brookdale Senior Living President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier announced a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for its approximately 35,000 workers during today’s second-quarter earnings call,...
Episcopal Retirement Services, LCS join list of senior living employers mandating COVID-19 vaccines
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 03, 2021
At least two more senior living and care companies have joined the growing COVID-19 staff vaccination mandate movement in the long-term care industry. Episcopal Retirement Services, based in Cincinnati,...
Add Enlivant, Sunrise to list of operators mandating COVID-19 vaccines for employees
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 25, 2021
Enlivant and Sunrise Senior Living will require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.
Coronavirus protocols, leverage position Brookdale for long-term growth
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 26, 2021
Implementing protocols to protect residents and associates during the pandemic, and an agreement to sell a majority stake in its home health and hospice business, sets Brookdale Senior Living up for long-term...
Investment in people yields success in senior living: NIC panelists
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 08, 2020
COVID-19 is exhausting. That was the consensus of speakers focusing on issues related to the senior living workforce during the 2020 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Fall Conference,...
Brookdale keeps COVID cases under 1% but sees occupancy decline, calls for government aid
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 07, 2020
Less than 1% of residents at the country’s largest senior living operator have tested positive for COVID-19, but the virus has still affected occupancy rates, according to Brookdale Senior Living...
Brookdale executives donating pay, paid time off to staff during pandemic
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 15, 2020
Brookdale Senior Living President and CEO Cindy Baier donated more than two months’ salary to the firm’s Associate Compassion Fund, the company has announced. Other members of the executive team and...
Sharing lessons from the pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2022
Brookdale Senior Living President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier discusses her new book, “Heroes Work Here: An Extraordinary Story of Courage, Resilience and Hope from the Front Lines of COVID-19.”
LTC Properties defers or abates $2 million in rent as operators feel ‘some stress’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2022
Long-term care operators felt “some stress” in the first quarter as they continued to confront labor pressures and inflation, LTC Properties Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson said Friday during the Westlake...