Housing

One-on-one with Thomas B. Gale

February 15, 2012     Kevin Kolus, Editor
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Where should for-profit borrowers look for capital in 2012? Is the HUD LEAN logjam breaking apart? Thomas B. Gale, vice president with Lancaster Pollard, touches on capital trends and more in this exclusive interview.

A plea to new senior living developers: Budget for furniture!

February 8, 2012     Lisa Cini, ASID
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As the focus on baby boomers entering the senior living housing market becomes more prominent in the United States, an odd phenomenon is occurring—new developers don't understand what needs to be in a facility.

Nursing care properties bound by consistency

February 6, 2012     National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry
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In 4Q11, nursing care occupancy was 88.2 percent, a decline of 0.1 percent from the prior quarter and a 0.2 percent decline from one year ago, according to the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry.

LTC mergers, acquisitions spike 39 percent in 2011

January 25, 2012    
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Long-term care merger and acquisition activity rose 39 percent in 2011, while total dollar volume in spending rose to $16.3 billion.

Nursing care supply is not declining everywhere

January 18, 2012     National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry
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While the supply across the largest 31 metropolitan markets has declined, there are exceptions at the metropolitan market level. In the past year, 10 of the largest 31 metropolitan markets had increases in the nursing care bed supply.

‘Senior living’ still evolving worldwide, research firm finds

January 17, 2012    
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The report, which offers a global overview of the senior living industry, found that baby boomers prefer unconventional senior housing, which developers have been creating at an increased rate.

A clearer picture of assisted living nationwide

December 22, 2011     Kevin Kolus, Editor
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New data on residential care facilities provide baseline estimates for the future. Researchers say this information will come in handy when policymakers and consumer advocates engage in discourse over the industry.

Steady nursing care trends

December 12, 2011     submitted by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry
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Nursing care occupancy remained unchanged during 3Q11 while absorption continued to post modest declines.

An 8-pronged wellness approach

December 12, 2011     Irene Middleman Thomas
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Photo by St. Leonard staff The Franciscan Wellness Center fitness room at St. Leonard Franciscan Living Community in Centerville, Ohio A community

Over that hill, a nursing home in ruins

December 12, 2011     Kevin Kolus, Editor
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On May 22, an EF-5 tornado carved its way through Joplin, Mo., striking the Greenbriar nursing home with a direct hit. Months later, the affected share their stories.

Congratulations to a 'pearl' of a provider

December 1, 2011     Sandra Hoban, Executive Editor
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Other than growing old, it’s not easy to do anything for 30 consecutive years—and do it successfully. Well, on December 5, one of assisted living’s

Adult day centers a new casualty of Medicaid cuts

November 3, 2011     Kevin Kolus, Editor
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The warnings have been well reported up to this point. Unfortunately, providers have little say in the matters of Medicaid and the transformations
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