by Steve Monroe | Oct 10, 2023 4:36 pm | 60 Seconds, Developments
My friend Stephen Moses, president of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform, has been a consistent and persistent advocate for reforming the Medicaid system and getting Americans out of the Medicaid-dependency mindset. He just published, with the Paragon Health... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Oct 10, 2023 4:15 pm | Developments
As we have mentioned time and again, the seniors housing industry needs Brookdale Senior Living to succeed. While census continues to increase, the pace needs to increase as well before we head into the flu season this winter, which usually sees a drop in census. Many... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Oct 10, 2023 4:14 pm | Developments
Three months ago, Sonida Senior Living announced a comprehensive loan forbearance agreement with Fannie Mae covering 37 mortgaged communities. Part two occurred last week, which was the signing of loan modifications for these loans. It appears that the terms from... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Oct 5, 2023 4:11 pm | Acquisitions
We have often wondered, and have often been asked, how do buyers decide to buy a community (or two) that is losing money with very low occupancy? How do you have the confidence to go into that market, lose money for several months, maybe several hundred thousand... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Sep 26, 2023 3:39 pm | Developments
One thing that we still don’t understand about Diversified Healthcare Trust is why they seem to like making comparisons to 2019, whether year-to-date comparisons or, in the case of August 2023, comparing to August 2019. Are they trying to make shareholders feel bad,... Read More »