NHI Signs Off On RIDEA Portfolio Conversion

Real estate investment trust (REIT) National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) has completed its previously announced conversion of a senior housing portfolio from a RIDEA structure to a triple net lease with its joint venture partner, an affiliate of Bickford Senior Living. The conversion comes at a time when senior housing REITs have reached all-time highs […]

Trending Now: Three Hot-Button Issues for Senior Housing Execs

This coverage of the 2016 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Fall Conference is brought to you by Mainstreet. As the nation’s largest developer of transitional care properties, Mainstreet specializes in real estate development, value investments and health care. With Mainstreet’s support, SHN is bringing event coverage of the NIC conference, which draws […]

Editor’s Picks: Unrealistic Salary Expectations, Olympics 2016

This week on Senior Housing News, our readers learned about the unrealistic salary expectations of new senior living workers, as well as the nation’s largest homebuilder taking advantage of the senior housing opportunity. Otherwise, readers followed along with our coverage of second quarter earnings results, including Brookdale Senior Living’s (NYSE: BKD) targeted plan to improve […]

Skilled Nursing Keeps Feeling the Squeeze on Payment Rates

As investors have continued to debate the risks associated with skilled nursing operations, the latest quarterly data paints a mixed picture. Occupancy increased through the first two months of 2016, but the impact of tightening managed care rates continued to be felt by providers. Occupancy reached 83.4% as of the end of March, having risen […]

NHI on the Hunt for Skilled Nursing As Other REITs Flee

With some of the major real estate players making moves and taking shots at one another’s skilled nursing assets, one real estate investment trust (REIT) is standing its ground with its own skilled operators and continuing to increase its exposure in the space.  Tennessee-based National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) is distinguishing itself among its […]

Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: Ensign Group Completes 18-SNF Acquisition

Ensign Group Completes Acquisition of Legend Healthcare The parent company of the Ensign group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services, home health care, hospice care, assisted living and urgent care companies, The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG), has completed its previously announced acquisition of 18 skilled nursing operations in Texas. All facilities were previously operated […]

Editor’s Picks: Driving Move-Ins, Slashing Hospitalizations

This week, Senior Housing News readers discovered where and how providers can most effectively target their marketing to drive move-ins, courtesy of CWI Associates. Readers also learned about a rapid recovery center that feels more like a hotel than an institutional care facility, REITs’ oversupply concerns, and a pilot program that led to Brookdale Senior Living […]

Senior Housing REITs Send Mixed Signals on Oversupply

Discussion around oversupply in senior housing is nothing new, including back and forth about the reality of the situation. There still is no clear consensus regarding oversupply concerns in the year ahead as health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) report their earnings for the fourth quarter of 2015. Chicago-based Ventas Inc. (NYSE: Ventas) set the stage for […]