Ventas, a healthcare real estate investment trust, acquired ElderTrust on Thursday for $184 million in cash.
Nursing home workers vote to strike over staffing, healthcare access
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 17, 2020
Hundreds of nursing home workers at three Rhode Island facilities have called for a strike in an effort to secure higher wages, better healthcare benefits and minimum staffing requirements.
Genesis HealthCare Corp. continued its return to better fiscal health during the fiscal quarter ending June 30. The Kennett Square, PA-based nursing home chain this week reported net income of 38 cents...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 4
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 04, 2021
Genesis HealthCare requires shots for all: Employees, care partners, onsite vendors must be vaccinated … More than half of U.S. outpatient antibiotics prescriptions not tied to visit or infection …...
Shahum picked to lead Edgehill CCRC
Jun 05, 2018
The Edgehill continuing care retirement community has selected Gregory Shahum as its new administrator.
Also in the News for Friday, Dec. 18
Dec 18, 2020
Nursing home, CCRC spending increased by 3.3% in 2019 … First U.S. nursing homes receive coronavirus vaccine; Genesis facility among the firsts … FDA panel endorses second coronavirus vaccine for emergency...
McKnight’s offers video from NIC conference
Sep 23, 2008
Want to hear directly from industry leaders on market trends and capital availability? McKnight’s can help. We recently posted a dozen short videos from the recently-held National Investment Center...
Profile: Sharon McDermond
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 08, 2018
Sharon McDermond had just started a new job as director of continuing care at Ann’s Choice, an Erickson Living community, when she received devastating news.
Also in the News for Friday, Sept. 25
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 25, 2020
Omega revises accounting method for operators Genesis, Signature citing ongoing concerns related to pandemic, expects change to cause $140M write down … NJ nursing home temporarily suspends services,...
Telehealth not perfect but was ‘instrumental’ to skilled care
By
Amy Novotney
May 01, 2022
Telehealth was critical to ensuring care continuity in skilled nursing facilities during the height of the pandemic, according to a survey of geriatricians by post-acute care provider Genesis HealthCare....