Companies to co-develop and distribute telecare and remote monitoring offerings
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced today that it has entered into a distribution and technology collaboration agreement with Living Independently Group, Inc. a leading provider of telecare and passive monitoring systems used to assist in the care of seniors. GE Healthcare […]
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GE Healthcare Forms Strategic Relationship with Living Independently Group
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Medicare & Medicaid · Senior Housing Communities · Senior Housing Stocks · Senior Living · Senior housing · independent living
Proposed Pennsylvania Legislation For Assisted Living Criticized As Inadequate
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
The Pennsylvania General Assembly recently passed a bill that establishes a separate category for assisted living facilities in the state separate from the current category that classifies them them same way as personal-care homes or personal care providers. Many states have already made this designation a part of their state law and others, such as […]
Tags: Assisted Living · Assisted Living Facilities · Low Income Senior Housing · Medicare & Medicaid · Nursing Homes · Senior Living · Senior housing
Nursing Home System: I’m Broken and Can’t Get Up
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments
A national task force from the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) recently released a report that the current survey and certification processes used to evaluate long-term care facilities nationwide is broken and beyond repair. The task force concluded in its final report, “Broken and Beyond Repair: Recommendations to Reform the […]
Tags: Assisted Living · Assisted Living Facilities · Low Income Housing · Medicare & Medicaid · Nursing Homes · Senior Housing Sales · Senior Housing Stocks · Senior Living · Senior housing
HRPT Properties to Sell 48 Buildings to Senior Housing Properties Trust
May 27th, 2008 · No Comments
HRPT Properties Trust (NYSE: HRP) recently announced that it has entered into a series of agreements to sell 48 medical office, clinic and biotech laboratory buildings (2.2 million sq. ft.) for $565 million. The purchaser of these properties is Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH). SNH will pay an aggregate of approximately $554 million in […]
Tags: Medicare & Medicaid · Senior Housing Stocks · Senior Living · Senior housing
How Can you Pay for Long Term Care with an Ailing Economy?
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
An article out of USA Today highlighted the problems of retiring in an ailing economy. The usual culprits of decreasing values of retirement funds, decreasing homes values and rising prices of consumables were the big three for this article. “Americans need to face a sobering fact: They’re not likely to have as much money for […]
Tags: Assisted Living · Medicare & Medicaid · Reverse Mortgages · Senior Housing Communities · Senior Living · Senior housing · retirement communities
NCAL Study finds more states changing their assisted living regulations
May 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Leading Assisted Living Organization’s Report on States’ Assisted Living Regulations Finds Widespread Change in 2007
Analysis of unique annual report reveals more than 20 states changed policies regarding assisted living
Washington, D.C.: The National Center for Assisted Living’s (NCAL) 2008 Assisted Living State Regulatory Review found that in 2007 significantly more states changed their assisted living regulations […]
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