Health Care Property Investors offers competing bid for Sunrise REIT
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Haymarket Media
Feb 16, 2007
A bidding war appears to be underway for Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust.
Report: Elderly gain girth
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Haymarket Media
Feb 12, 2007
It now appears that Grandma Betty is getting bigger. A new report warns that age-related body changes, in combination with the increasing prevalence of obesity, have yielded a fatter elderly population.
Formation strikes gold with $1.7B Genesis buy
By
Liza Berger
Feb 07, 2007
Private equity firms continue to wheel and deal in the long-term care sector.
A joint venture of Formation Capital LLC and JER Partners last month announced the purchase of Genesis HealthCare Corp., the...
How to do it… Wound care
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Haymarket Media
Feb 07, 2007
Have you ever met a surveyor who wasn’t very interested in your wound care practices? Didn’t think so. In fact, there are signs that surveyors are looking at them with deeper interest than...
Finance feature: Climate change
By
Liza Berger
Feb 07, 2007
Thanks to favorable market conditions, the time is ripe for smaller long-term care operators to invest in their businesses.
Long-term care attracts Wall Street again, NIC finds
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 31, 2007
Nursing homes are making a comeback in the market, according to a key organization that tracks financial activity in seniors housing.
Legislation would create LTCH certification criteria
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Haymarket Media
Jan 30, 2007
One major nursing home provider recently praised House legislation that would establish certification criteria for long-term acute care hospitals. U.S. Rep. Phil English (R-PA) and U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy...
Private equity firm to buy Genesis for $1.7 billion
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Haymarket Media
Jan 17, 2007
Two private equity firms said Tuesday they will buy Genesis HealthCare Corp., one of the largest nursing home chains in the country, for approximately $1.7 billion, or $63 per share.
Ventas buys Sunrise Senior Living REIT for $1.8 billion
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Haymarket Media
Jan 17, 2007
Ventas Inc. said Monday it reached an agreement to acquire Sunrise Senior Living REIT in a deal valued at $1.8 billion.
Interiors Feature: Dignified design
By
Liza Berger
Jan 09, 2007
Long-term care furnishings are interiors are better suited
for residents’ aging bodies, senses and desire for privacy.