Catheters, infections and … you don’t want to know
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 06, 2012
Urinary catheters were on my radar twice last week. The first involved a late-night trip to the vet with an unhappy cat. The second, a political animal.
Ventas acquires buildings; stockholder to sell off stake
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2012
The agreement means holders of shares of Cogdell common stock will receive $4.25 per share. This represents a premium of 8% to Cogdell’s closing price on Dec. 23, 2011, and 13% to the average closing...
Handling your PR crisis
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 31, 2012
A few months ago, I called up a nursing facility that was embroiled in a legal snafu. I’m not sure I was able to utter an audible response to its marketing representative since I was busy hitting...
Nurses’ union wins bargaining agreement
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
A federal appeals court agreed that an agreement between union nurses and a hospital should have been honored by new owners.
Florida’s highest court rejects use of arbitration agreements
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
Nursing home arbitration agreements received another blow when the Florida Supreme Court ruled them invalid in two separate cases in November.
New sponsor comes to G & E
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
The board of real estate investment trust Grubb & Ellis Healthcare Trust voted in November to replace Grubb & Ellis with American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital as co-sponsors. It will now be...
REITs continue buying binge, with smaller deals on the rise
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 01, 2011
Despite the slow creep back toward traditional bank financing, real estate investment trusts (REITS) continued their buying sprees this fall.
Agreement declared void in dementia case
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 01, 2011
A U.S. Court of Appeals has agreed that an arbitration agreement signed by a nursing home resident with dementia is void.
Ventas wins another one
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2011
After years of legal wrangling, HCP Inc. has agreed to pay the $102 million the courts have said it owes Ventas Inc.
What a long, strange trip
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 01, 2011
Should a visitor ever go into labor at eldercare’s St. Leonard Franciscan Living Community in Centreville, OH, never fear: The executive director knows his way around a delivery room.