By Heather Boshak, partner, Fox Rothschild LLP In January 2022, New Jersey announced new, stricter COVID-19 regulations that will require employees in healthcare facilities to be vaccinated and boosted and will effectively eliminate the testing option. Also covered under the…
ATLANTA — Seniors housing operators have been grappling the past 18 months with how to maintain their properties and keep occupancy high while also protecting their staff and residents, who are the most vulnerable population for infections and death from…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Private-pay seniors housing occupancy remained flat in the second quarter of 2021, holding at 78.7 percent, according to new NIC MAP data, powered by NIC MAP Vision. Though COVID-19 cases in senior living properties dropped significantly in the last quarter, occupancy has not turned…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) has reported that occupancy across its portfolio has increased for three straight months, signaling a start to the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Occupancy at the end of each month rose…
The seniors housing industry has been through the wringer as a result of the pandemic, setting and then resetting its own record-low occupancy rates as expenses increased for infection control, staffing and construction materials. However, many in the industry are…
CHICAGO — Fifty-one percent of senior housing properties experienced no COVID-19 deaths in 2020, according to an analysis by NORC at the University of Chicago via a grant provided by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC).…
CHICAGO — Although the seniors housing industry still faces many challenges, long-term demand still has the sector on a trajectory of growth. That’s according to JLL Valuation Advisory’s fourth annual Seniors Housing Investor Survey and Outlook, released last week. Construction…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Occupancy at U.S. skilled nursing facilities increased to 71.2 percent in February 2021 compared to 70.7 percent from the previous month, according to NIC MAP data. This raised the sector’s occupancy rate to its December 2020 level.…
What hurdles does the industry still have to clear before we see occupancy and revenue rebound? Show our resiliency By Valerie Whitman Vice President of Senior Living LeadingResponse We are a resilient industry. We need to always be sure…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A little over a year after visitor restrictions were put into place to help protect residents from COVID-19, Brookdale communities across the country are now able to lift those restrictions to allow both outdoor and indoor visits,…