Senior living operators once pinned their hopes on an influx of workers via new immigration to help meet a surge of demand in the years ahead. In 2025, those hopes seem all but dashed. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a hard line to new immigration, with aspirations to further ramp up […]
Medicaid could soon be on the chopping block. Senior housing and care leaders are warning that the cuts could complicate operations at the least, if not hurt access and care for older adults. On Tuesday night, the U.S. House narrowly passed a budget resolution bill urging the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to cut […]
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As the dust settles from the results of the 2024 general election, senior living advocates and organizations will be closely monitoring signals from the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump and 119th Congress. Trump officially secured Wisconsin’s electoral college votes, pushing him past the 270 required to win the White House. On Wednesday the senior […]
This article is available as part of your SHN+ membership Senior living leaders often talk about the generational tailwinds ahead in the form of an aging demographic of baby boomers. What they don’t talk about as much is how those trends will affect their companies in potentially negative ways. As the boomers age, so too […]
A committee of the U.S. Senate is slated to hold a hearing soon to study assisted living, a move spurred by a recent Washington Post investigation. The Post revealed on Jan. 16 that Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, is launching a new review of safety within the assisted […]
This content is available through your SHN+ membership Upheaval in the nursing home sector is increasing the need for Medicaid-based assisted living. This was one of the key takeaways from my meetings last week at the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) annual conference in Denver. Given that AHCA is the largest […]
The skilled nursing sector is undergoing a shakeup, and senior living providers should be prepared to seize opportunities amid the fallout. Nursing homes are embattled on every front. The federal government is pushing for sweeping reforms that include steeper financial penalties and staffing minimums — even as providers are facing severe worker shortages. And skilled […]
Heading into the final three months of 2021, senior living providers, investors and developers face multiple perils. Occupancy gains have slowed in recent weeks while a labor crisis is worsening, and supply chain disruption continues to drive up construction costs. However, compared to where the industry was a year ago, the view in 2021 appears […]
It’s no secret that staffing challenges have long plagued the senior living industry, but a new survey shows many operators believe those headwinds have intensified in recent months. More than three quarters of assisted living providers — 77% — said their overall workforce situation has gotten “much worse” or “somewhat worse” since June, according to […]
