As assisted living regulations evolve and tighten, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements fluctuate, and healthcare reform begins to take effect, many states are facing their own challenges as they continue to develop, operate, and implement new rules and programs. Here is a collection of long-term care related stories from across the nation. From the Times-News—North Carolina [...]
Seattle, Wash.-based Emeritus Senior Living is partnering with non-profit organization 3in4 Association, a long-term care awareness group, to launch an educational campaign about the crucial need for Americans to form a plan for their future healthcare needs. The partnership will kick off on May 1 with a jointly sponsored talent contest for America’s “most talented [...]
A single photo of a resident’s decubitus ulcer on Facebook and/or YouTube is perhaps one of a long term care facility’s worst nightmares. However, an unsolicited posting praising the facility for the outstanding care and treatment of someone’s family member is marketing that facilities cannot buy. Employers cannot ignore social media and its impact on [...]
As assisted living regulations evolve and tighten, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements fluctuate, and healthcare reform begins to take effect, many states are facing their own challenges as they continue to develop, operate, and implement new rules and programs. Here is a collection of long-term care related stories from across the nation. From the Sinclair School [...]
The long-term care industry, including nursing homes, assisted living, home care, and hospice care, raked in $259 billion in revenue in 2011, according to health care market research publisher Kalorama Information. Between 2006 and 2011, the industry grew 5.5% for a “healthy” growth rate that reflects positive demographics and industry performance. The hospice and home [...]
The changing demographics of those entering senior living communities, including older and frailer incoming residents, can have certain implications for senior living communities’ business and financial models, but offering incentives to younger prospective residents can help communities counteract aging-in-place trends. While some continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and other senior living models are being noticeably [...]
As assisted living regulations evolve and tighten, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements fluctuate, and healthcare reform begins to take effect, many states are facing their own challenges as they continue to develop, operate, and implement new rules and programs. Here is a collection of long-term care related stories from across the nation. **Update — From NBC [...]
“Long-term care services are not on the front burner of the Presidential campaign,” begins a recent Forbes article. “They are not on the back burner. They are, it seems, not even on the stove.” President Obama and Republican candidate Newt Gingrich are the only two out of five candidates surveyed by 15 national advocacy groups [...]
Last month, Senior Housing News published a series of articles looking into what’s going on in the world of senior housing and care, and some options, alternatives, and trends that are starting to emerge. There’s much more that could be said on the topic, but to sum up what we’ve written about so far, here’s [...]
On the Record: Steven Insoft, CFO & COO of Aviv REIT
While publicly traded healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) like HCP, Inc., Ventas, Inc., and Health Care REIT Inc. grab a lot of headlines, privately traded ones like Aviv REIT often seem to fly under the radar. But as Senior Housing News recently discovered after speaking with Aviv’s Steven Insoft, who holds dual roles of [...]
On the Record: Majd Alwan, Executive Director of LeadingAge CAST
With technological advancements tied so closely to the future of senior care, Senior Housing News recently interviewed Majd Alwan, Ph.D., the Senior Vice President of Technology and Executive Director of the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) at LeadingAge, an association of not-for-profit, long-term care providers of senior services. At any given time, CAST is [...]
On the Record: Keith Reuben, EVP of Commercial & Specialty Lending at Capital One Bank
In the past 30 years, Capital One has transformed itself from “just” a credit card company into one of the U.S.’s top banks. And as part of its lending arm, Capital One Bank says it has a significant focus on its commercial and specialty finance business, which encompasses senior housing and care lending. Last Fall, [...]
On the Record: Adam Kane, SVP of Corporate Affairs at Erickson Living
In 2009, the company known as Erickson Retirement Communities, headquartered in Baltimore, Md., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In December of that year, Hanover, Md.-based Redwood Capital Investments LLC bought most of the bankrupt company’s assets for $365 million, out of which emerged Erickson Living. Senior Housing News recently caught up with Adam Kane, [...]
On the Record: David Reis, CEO of Senior Care Development
After seeing that Senior Care Development, LLC had placed a stalking-horse bid on the bankrupt Clare at Water Tower, in Chicago’s Gold Coast, Senior Housing News tracked down its chief executive officer David Reis for an exclusive interview. Reis has extensive experience in senior living development, and specializes in ground-up development of large-scale continuing care [...]
