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Brookdale Soars On Q3 Earning

November 8, 2021, Ben Swett, The SeniorCare Investor - As the largest seniors housing company, all eyes are always on Brookdale Senior Living and how it is performing. Investors seemed to like what they heard and saw after the company released its third quarter earnings report…

Skilled Nursing Cap Rates Expected To Stay Low As Market Shows No Signs Of Slowing

November 4, 2021, Alex Zorn, Skilled Nursing News - Commercial real estate volume has been booming this year, particularly in the most recent quarter as it surpassed $450 billion year-to-date, according to Zach Bowyer, JLL managing director.  The combination of a pent up market and low cap…

CMS: Nursing Home Staff Must Be Fully Vaccinated By Jan. 4

November 4, 2021, Jordyn Reiland, Skilled Nursing News - Medicare and Medicaid participating health care facilities, including nursing homes, will be required to have all staff members fully vaccinated by Jan. 4, according to an emergency regulation issued Thursday by the Centers for Medicare…

Miami Multifamily Report – Fall 2021

October 25, 2021, Alex Girda, Multi-Housing News - Miami’s rental market is overperforming in 2021, largely on the back of accelerated demand generated by incoming residents.  Despite solid supply additions throughout the cycle, demand has maintained rent growth at some of the highest levels…

Strongest Hospital-SNF Partnerships Start With Most Clinically Complex Patients For Novant Health

October 25, 2021, Alex Zorn, Skilled Nursing News - For Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health system, Novant Health, which includes 15 hospitals, 800 clinics and hundreds of outpatient facilities, admissions have started to return to…

Genesis On The Hunt Again For A New CEO After Wilson Announces Exit

October 25, 2021, Alex Zorn, Skilled Nursing News - Genesis HealthCare Inc. is yet again on the hunt for a new leader less than eight months after current CEO Harry Wilson was named to head the organization as the post-acute care company…

Health Dimensions Group CEO: Learn The Ins And Outs Of Your Market Before Downsizing

October 21, 2021, Alex Zorn, Skilled Nursing News - As skilled nursing operators across the country try to find the best path forward for their facilities post-COVID, one option being considered by many, including the leadership team at Minnesota-based Health Dimensions Group, is a reduction…

Nursing Home Infection Control Surveys On The Decline

October 21, 2021, Jordyn Reiland, Skilled Nursing News - In June there were 761 standard surveys conducted and 756 FIC surveys conducted, compared to one year earlier when there were 594 standard surveys and 8,896 FIC surveys.  There was however a spike in FIC surveys conducted from July…

60 Seconds With Steve Monroe: Losing A Patriot, But Not To COVID

October 20, 2021, Steve Monroe, The SeniorCare Investor - We lost a true patriot this week, Colin Powell, and I had the fortunate opportunity to meet him at my brother’s swearing in ceremony at the State Department.  I think I committed a faux pas, however, as I brought his autobiography…

Parkinson: COVID-19 May Be An ‘Endemic Problem’ For Nursing Homes Moving Forward

October 11, 2021, Alex Zorn, Skilled Nursing News - With the emergence of the delta variant and facility occupancy recovery slowed, it remains clear that the nursing home industry’s fight against COVID-19 is not over yet, American Health Care Association (AHCA) President and CEO Mark Parkinson…