Real estate investment trust purchases HCR for $6.1 bln
By
Liza Berger
Jan 03, 2011
HCP Inc., a real estate investment trust, has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of HCR ManorCare Inc. for $6.1 billion from The Carlyle Group, a private investment firm.
Look for business guidance in claims data, expert says
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Aug 06, 2016
Nursing home providers should use claims data to identify trends that may shift their business plans, one expert recommended in June.
Ask the care expert: Any recommendations for new products?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
May 01, 2020
Do you have any recommendations for new products in long-term care that can make my staff’s routines go a bit easier?
Botched scabies care at Arkansas nursing home led to community outbreak
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2018
An Arkansas facility is facing more than $150,000 in fines and a possible shutdown after a scabies outbreak affected every resident, according to government regulators.
Update: Special 11-year-old amasses $244,000 for nursing homes, gets her own day on the calendar
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 10, 2019
When last we checked on Ruby Kate Chitsey, she had collected “only” $50,000 for nursing home residents. My, how things have picked up since then.
Atria Highland Park begins construction
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 15, 2019
Capitol Seniors Housing has begun building Atria Highland Park, an assisted living and memory care community in Highland Park, IL. The building is expected to be three stories and cost $30 million. Atria...
Start-up Ignite Medical gets hospital backing in new deal
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 17, 2019
Upscale rehab provider Ignite Medical Resorts and the University of Kansas Health System have partnered as owners of the revamped Kansas City Transitional Care Center. Now operating as Ignite Medical Resort,...
Lawyers for seniors urge guardianship reform
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Kimberly Marselas
May 16, 2019
A group of legal advocates for seniors is calling for major changes to guardianship laws following an investigative report that found extensive flaws in the way one state handles its background checks...
Court puts Golden Living back on hot seat over claims that provider used deceptive marketing practices
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 27, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has given its blessing to a lawsuit against a major nursing home chain, alleging that it violated consumer protection laws by engaging in deceptive marketing practices.
Of admissions, knitting and bandwagons: CLASS danger
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 23, 2011
Supporters of the CLASS Act were cringing this week, just as they were two weeks ago when McKnight’s reported on some loaded remarks from the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid top overseer.