What’s happening in skilled nursing transactions lately has left deal brokers scratching their heads.
Unmanifested inflation: Labor shortages may begin to improve — but at a price
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 03, 2021
HOUSTON — One of the nation’s top economists predicts many of the workers who left the economy over the last few months may soon start returning, but that’s not all good news for an industry such...
Why COVID may kill the management fee and change LTC deal-making for good
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 02, 2021
If the model of 5% management fees wasn’t dead before COVID, it might well be now, a panel of lenders, investors and operators said Monday at the NIC Fall 2021 conference.
Establishing a ‘Foundation
By
John Andrews
Nov 01, 2021
The new Rockland Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation center boasts a welcoming courtyard and eco-friendly materials outside and smart design inside.
For SNFs, it’s out of the COVID pan and into the financing fire
By
John Hall
Nov 01, 2021
Government support has kept some facilities afloat, but persistent challenges may require investments they can’t afford long-term.
NIC 2021 fall meeting kicks off Monday in Houston
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 29, 2021
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) will kick off its largest annual conference Monday when it brings operators, lenders and investors together in Houston. The gathering will...
Eat your vegetables
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 28, 2021
I’m all about simplistic solutions to impossible difficulties. Faced with huge challenges like staffing, staffing and staffing, long-term care operators, administrators and clinical leaders are feeling...
At-home COVID-19 tests get a $70M boost as feds push to increase access
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 27, 2021
The Biden Administration is streamlining the process to bring new tests to market among other moves designed to increase testing supplies and access.
SNF staffing shortages may get ‘much worse’
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 25, 2021
Nursing homes and other residential care facilities have already lost about 380,000 workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020, and the shortages are expected to get even worse,...
Risk factors ID’d for conversion from RIS to multiple sclerosis
Oct 18, 2021
For radiologically isolated syndrome, younger age, spinal cord lesions, gadolinium-enhancing lesions at time of index scan tied to increased risk