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• HUD Hopes to Eliminate Seniors Housing Queue by Mid-2012

  
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  The Department of Housing and Urban Development is making a strong play to clear its wait list for HUD Lean 232 financing approval and underwriting, a task which has long plagued the senior housing industry in light of a months-long backlog of applications. Finally, it’s starting to look a lot better for those ...
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• State Pushes Medicaid Toward In-Home Care, Away From Nursing Homes

  
  Senior Care New — Authority: 121
  Tennessee is expanding changes made to its state Medicaid program that allow beneficiaries to receive in-home care rather than moving to nursing care facilities. The program, TennCare, currently serves between 8,500 and 11,000 people and the program aims to increase that number to up to 15,000 this year. ...
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• Best Assisted Living Facilities Ranked Nationwide, Which Made the Cut?

  
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  Of more than 38,000 assisted living communities across the nation, Caring.com sought to find the best facilities based on popular consumer vote. The site designated 119 communities “Caring Stars” of 2012 in recognition of service excellence, with the results announced this week. Across 24 states, the ...
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• Despite Low Patient Count, Hollywood Nursing Home is Staying Alive

  
  Senior Care New — Authority: 121
  Now housing just 29 patients, the Woodlands Hill nursing home campus in its famous Hollywood location has defied odds—and a dwindling patient count—by continuing to offer its services. The Motion Picture and Television Fund’s operators announced three years ago that it would close, but with the help of ...
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• Senior Housing Developers, Beware: New England’s Not Good for Retirement

  
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  Senior housing developers may want to avoid New England as a spot to build retirement communities, as five out of the six states composing the region made it to TopRetirements.com’s list of the 10 worst states for retirees in 2012 . Connecticut ranked first as the absolute worst state to retire in, because it’s ...
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• Pick Me! Hospitals & Senior Care Providers Partnering for Coordinated Care

  
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  The effects of healthcare reform will become increasingly apparent in 2012, and senior care providers may find themselves—and their marketing strategies—particularly impacted by Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) as they line up to partner with hospitals and other healthcare providers. ACOs are groups of ...
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• ALFA Goes Global, Partners with First-Ever India Senior Living Group

  
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  The Assisted Living Federation of America this week announced it has partnered with the first-ever senior living association in India. ALFA will work with the new Indian group to develop its senior living program to benefit the country’s consumers, the organization said. “The Indian senior living sector is still ...
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• CBS News: White House on Trend with Multi-Generational Housing

  
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  The popularity of multi-generational housing has gone up in the past ten years, as households ranging from the average family in Florida to the Obamas in the White House are increasingly including multiple generations, according to a news segment aired on CBS . There’s a growing trend of new homes designed ...
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• 65+ Population Surge Sees Double-Digit Growth, And Counting

  
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  The 65+ senior population in the United States has outpaced the growth of all other age groups over the course of the last decade, and Census data released Wednesday indicates that the trend toward an aging America—including for the country’s “oldest old” population—is continuing. The most recent Census ...
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• Ensign Launches Joint Venture to Develop Urgent Care Facilities

  
  Senior Care New — Authority: 121
  The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENSG) announced on Jan. 10 that it is entering into a joint venture to develop and operate urgent care facilities and related businesses with Dr. John Shufeldt, founder and former CEO of one of the nation’s largest and most successful privately-owned providers of urgent care and ...
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• Happy 2012! Now What?

  
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  The holidays are well and truly over, and you’re now faced with the reality of a new year and new challenges. As you search for the right financing for a senior housing facility, you may become frustrated by lenders’ and investors’ inability to find the right solutions for you, thanks to an overall lack of [...]
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• Senior Housing Facilities and Intrinsic Benefits For Grandma and Granddad

  
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  Senior housing is a more viable accommodation option for pensioners, and enables the members to live a secured, cosy life with utmost grace. There are several folk who save a little of your income to look after themselves in the later stages of their life, without needing to be conditional on their family. And this ...
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• Alzheimer’s Care Provides Best Growth Opportunity for Senior Housing Operators

  
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  With skilled nursing in the dumps as a result of the 11.1% cuts to Medicare payments, most of the talk has turned to assisted living as the next area for growth for investors. During the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) conference in Washington, D.C., much of the “next ...
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• CBO: What Happens if Medicare & Social Security Eligibility Ages are Raised?

  
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  The Congressional Budget Office recently examined the effects of raising the eligibility ages for Social Security and Medicare at the same time, since life expectancy has increased and doing so would reduce federal expenditures, but ultimately concluded that lack of evidence prevents it from predicting the “sign ...
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• Nevada Tightens Assisted Living Qualification Standards

  
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  Nevada is tightening its regulations for what can be considered “assisted living” in the state, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal . The Nevada Department of Health Care Quality and Compliance issued regulations last June that requires retirement communities to follow “strict regulations and meet certain ...
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• AdCare’s M&A Spree Continues with 3 Skilled Nursing Facilities for $27.3 Million

  
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  AdCare Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE Amex:ADK) announced on Jan. 6 that it had signed a definitive purchase agreement for three skilled nursing facilities located in Arkansas, for $27.3 million. There are a combined 439 beds in the facilities, which generate an estimated $22.2 million in gross annualized revenue, ...
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• Medical Office Buildings: The Wild West of Healthcare Real Estate?

  
  Senior Care New — Authority: 121
  There’s been a growing spotlight on medical-related real estate in the past couple of years, especially considering the activity of real estate investment trusts (REITs) who took the healthcare industry by storm with mega million- and even billion-dollar deals. While most of those deals were for skilled nursing ...
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• Movers & Shakers – People and Positions for January 2012

  
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  Searching for employment? There are some sweet opportunities for  jobs at Senior Housing News for $50 for 60 Days.  Got staffing announcements?  Send them our way to movers-shakers@seniorhousingnews.com Looking to get into the senior housing industry in 2012?  Search our  senior living jobs database for new ...
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• Senior Care Technology Review: 2012 International CES & More

  
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  It’s 2012, and new advances in senior care technology are being made every day. The Consumer Electronic Association’s 2012 International CES , the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, was held this year in Las Vegas, Nevada, and debuted new devices and emerging technology. Here are a few things that ...
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• Florida Nursing Facilities Rise Above Challenging Times

  
  Senior Care New — Authority: 121
  Like many states across the nation, Florida’s Medicaid budget is facing cuts as its lawmakers searches for ways to create a budget while reducing gaping deficits, reports Provider magazine . This promises to be a challenge for the state’s nursing facilities, many of which rely heavily on Medicaid reimbursements. ...
  3 weeks ago

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