The National Senior Citizens Law Center published a report in December entitled, “To be or not to be Homebound: The Limits of States’ Discretion in Medicaid’s Coverage for Home Health Services” that examines Medicaid’s coverage for home health services. The report looks at the home health benefit which has the unique status in the Medicaid […]
Category: Independent Living
President Obama gave his state of the union last night and talked about the economy, jobs and infrastructure. During President Obama’s address, he mentioned his Middle Class Task Force (MCTF) which is proposing more support for caregivers by providing counseling, training, help with transportation, and temporary respite care for those who need assistance or if […]
Professional HealthCare, a leading provider of home nursing, rehabilitation therapy, hospice and personal caregiver services in Northern California and Utah, has announced its acquisition of Home Health Services of St. George, Utah, a company that has provided home health, hospice, and durable medical equipment services to residents of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona since 1990. This […]
Essex Corporation announced last month that construction has begun on Mission Square, a 55-unit non-profit independent-living retirement community for middle-income seniors 60 years old and better. Scheduled to open in January 2011, Mission Square is a three-story community, with an under-building parking garage, situated on two acres of land in Mission, Kansas, a suburb of […]
Emeritus Corporation (NYSE: ESC), a national provider of assisted living and Alzheimer’s care services to seniors, announced that it has entered into an agreement with National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) to lease eight senior living communities. The communities, located in Arizona, South Carolina, and Tennessee, consist of approximately 258 assisted living units, 66 memory […]
Chartwell Seniors Housing Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: CSH.UN) announced that it has agreed to acquire from Le Groupe Melior and its joint venture partners three properties in lease-up and two parcels of vacant land in the Province of Quebec. Chartwell will acquire the properties for $87.6 million and the purchase price price will be […]
Last week, Zillow.com announced that U.S. homes lost $489 billion in home values during the first 11 months of 2009, significantly less than the $3.6 trillion lost during 2008 according to analysis of its Market Reports. The stabilization in home values led to easing rates of negative equity in the third quarter of 2009, with […]
Edgewood Retirement Community recently announced its new Cognitive Impairment Program called The Garden Path. The new program, beginning in January 2010 and accepting resident inquires now, is part of The Meadows at Edgewood, a skilled nursing center which already features short-term rehabilitation services (which Edgewood will be further enhancing in Spring 2010) as well as […]
NCB Capital Impact recently announced six pilot sites to receive technical assistance grants boosting expansion of the “Village” model in California. These technical assistance grants were made possible by The SCAN Foundation, which awarded a Promising Program grant to NCB Capital Impact in July 2009. The Villages concept is a community-based, non-profit organizations that address […]
GE Healthcare, a business unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced that it has acquired Living Independently Group Inc, the provider of QuietCare. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition announced on earlier this week follows the September 2008 announcement that GE Healthcare had acquired a minority ownership stake in Living Independently […]
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