Like senior living providers across the nation, Belmont Village has been tested by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet, despite increased costs and operational complexities, Covid-19 is also spurring innovation and could present growth opportunities for the Houston-based provider, according to President Mercedes Kerr. After a decade with Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust Welltower (NYSE: WELL), […]
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The coronavirus pandemic continues to pressure operations across the senior living industry. For Capital Senior Living (NYSE: CSU), the crisis could threaten its ability to remain a going concern. The Dallas-based operator’s Q1 2020 earnings raised questions about its financial position if its communities remain secured to non-essential personnel for an extended period of time. […]
As the Covid-19 pandemic drags on and the industry worries its hardest weeks still lie ahead, many are wondering when — or even if — they will receive more support from federal, state or local governments. And, their frustration is rising. Senior living providers and industry associations have been clamoring since the outset of the […]
The nation’s largest senior living provider is making headway in its effort to test its residents and associates for Covid-19, and thus reopen more of its communities to move-ins. Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) has so far tested roughly 20% of the residents and workers at its 741 communities, according to CEO Cindy […]
When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the United States, it inflicted swift and dramatic damage on the U.S. economy as a whole and the senior living industry specifically — but there were hopes of a similarly quick, sharp recovery. Now, those hopes for a “V-shaped” dip and rise have dimmed, and economists and senior living […]
The coronavirus pandemic sent occupancy rates for senior housing and skilled nursing communities on a downward trajectory in April, according to a new intra-quarterly report released Tuesday by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Senior housing stabilized occupancy among NIC’s 31 primary markets dropped 110 basis points to 88.7% — the […]
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to ensure that nursing homes have safe re-opening plans as states prepare to relax lockdowns stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. The guidance includes benchmarks that may be adopted by independent living and assisted living communities transitioning from their own access restrictions. But it […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has created new risks for providers of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans — but those plans are also proving their value and may still be a major future component of senior living. That’s the message from some of the most prominent players that have been pushing for increased MA integration in senior living […]
Senior living providers have responded to enormous challenges since the Covid-19 pandemic reached the United States in mid-March, but the hardest weeks might now lie ahead. “I do think that the next 30 days are going to be the most crucial time for our company,” Milo Pinkerton, founder and CEO of Heritage Senior Living, told […]
As more states are now mandating that assisted living facilities test either residents, staff or both for Covid-19, providers that have been asking for widespread testing for weeks are now faced with logistical challenges and unanswered questions. This highlights the need for best practices and guidelines if testing mandates are going to become more commonplace, […]