When you think about it, long-term care is really a thorny issue—particularly the financing side of it. As Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security resources dwindle, and more people grow older and live...
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.
Nip and tuck
By
Liza Berger
Jan 15, 2008
Culture change is all the rage in nursing home design today, but you don’t have to build new to make a difference.
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.
Profile: Boyd Hendrickson Chairman, CEO Skilled Healthcare Group Inc.
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2009
A lot has changed since Boyd Hendrickson was hired as a nursing home administrator back in 1970…
Profile: Christopher Christensen – It’s not business as usual
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2010
Christopher Christensen, President and CEO, The Ensign Group Inc.
Rehabilitation Feature — Beefing up LTC
By
Liza Berger
Apr 17, 2006
Therapy is big business today. Facilities can benefit by keeping an eye on the competition, while finding a market niche.
CDC edict: LTC residents to be first in flu shot line
By
Liza Berger
Oct 12, 2005
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new orders that should keep long-term care facility residents among the first to receive flu vaccinations this year.
Manor Care going private in mammoth $6.3 billion deal
By
Liza Berger
Aug 08, 2007
Continuing a trend among major long-term care players, Manor Care Inc. has opted to sell itself to a privately held company.
Beverly shareholders vote on Fillmore sale
By
Liza Berger
Feb 09, 2006
Shareholders of Beverly Enterprises Inc. will vote on Valentine’s Day whether to approve the sale of the long-term care company to Fillmore Capital Partners LLC.