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Signature HealthCARE acquires six Kindred Healthcare SNFs

May 16, 2013     Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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Signature HealthCARE has acquired six facilities from Kindred Healthcare, increasing Signature’s national presence to 78 facilities.

Skilled nursing occupancy hovers near 8-year low

May 15, 2013     National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry
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Overall nursing occupancy is near the eight-year cyclical low, but private-pay nursing units are seeing some recovery.

LTC property investors shirk SNFs as financial risks

May 2, 2013     Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Several of long-term care’s biggest property owners are shedding their interest in the financially challenged skilled nursing sector.

For good design, seek resident, staff input

April 29, 2013     Kelley Hoffman
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Enlisting resident and staff input, ensures that renovation design hits the mark in meeting their needs and ensuring that the spaces created provide residents with a sense of control and validation of their individuality.

For good design, seek resident, staff input

April 29, 2013     Kelley Hoffman
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Enlisting resident and staff input ensures that the design for a facility renovation hits its intended mark--an environment that supports choice, personal control and an acknowledgement of each individuals personhood.

Assisted living redefined in new building codes

April 26, 2013     Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The International Building Code has been revised to reclassify assisted living facilities, acknowledging their difference from nursing homes and hospitals.

Assisted living fundamentals softened in 1Q13

April 26, 2013     National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry
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For the first quarter of 2013,  assisted living occupancy showed a decline from the numbers it had been achieving as it recovered from the economic challenges of the past two years. However, absorption and inventory showed gains.

Leaders of Tomorrow: Roberto Muñiz

April 22, 2013     Gina LaVecchia Ragone
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Congratulations to another of our five 2013 Leaders of Tomorrow award winners:  Roberto Muñiz, MPA, LNHA, FACHCA, President and CEO, The Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Piscataway, N.J. Parker incorporates value-added services for adult day healthcare and social outreach to seniors in the community.

What we heard (and didn’t hear) at the EFA conference

April 16, 2013     Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The "culture city" of New Orleans served as the perfect venue for discussing culture change in elder-care building design at the 2013 Environments for Aging conference.

EFA 2013: Lighting design strategies to improve health

April 12, 2013     Kristin Zeit, Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Design
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Proper lighting provides much more than adequate visibility and pleasant aesthetics. A detailed look at light’s effect on circadian rhythms suggests that designers can play a significant role in improving health for long-term and post-acute care residents.

EFA 2013: Making space for hospice in the care continuum

April 11, 2013     Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Continuing care trends are increasingly involving hospice within the whole care campus, instead of tucking away the hospice in a stand-alone building in a proverbial corner of finality.

Assisted living 2013: On the upswing

April 10, 2013     Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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Two top industry executives share their insights on assisted living’s climate and trends. Assisted living survived the economic downturn and the collapse of the housing market intact and it is geared up and ready to continue moving forward.

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