Plante Moran and Retirement Dynamics Release Sentiment Survey
Plante Moran Living Forward and Retirement Dynamics announced the results of its COVID-19 Sentiment Report, and the results are a mixed bag for the senior living industry. Surveying more than 23,000 independent living residents, prospects on waiting lists and staff, and receiving more than 5,000 responses, the partnership found out how sentiment has changed in regard to living and working at an independent living community, and how respondents thought the sector had dealt with the pandemic. The good news is that a majority responded positively to each question. The bad news is that the margins do not bode well for an industry that is already struggling to raise its penetration rate, let... Read More »
Revenue Write-Downs for Omega, and Maybe Sabra
On back-to-back days last week, both Omega Healthcare Investors and Sabra Health Care REIT provided investors with updates on their revenue recognition accounting policies for the same two tenants, Genesis Healthcare and Agemo Holdings (dba Signature Healthcare). While the news sounded ominous, it was not entirely unexpected. Both operators have announced that there is a question as to whether they can make it past the next 12 months without significant relief and increases in census and cash flow. This is the dreaded “going concern” letter. When that happens, lenders and landlords have to make adjustments to their accounting policies... Read More »
Many Impacts of COVID, But “Stupidity” Factor May Grow
The views on where we are in this pandemic are bifurcating, just like in the acquisition market, but we are also dealing with the “stupidity” factor. Just like in the acquisition market, where values and cap rates have been bifurcating between the top “A” properties and the rest of the market, so are opinions as to the current state of the market and what we can expect next year and beyond. There are those who believe operating costs are getting back to normal, the lending market has strengthened with pent up demand to provide financing, and that values are firming, helped by historically low interest rates. Then there are those who see a long slog through this pandemic mess,... Read More »
The Great Re-Opening
It is fair to say that the economic shutdown, especially as it concerns senior care providers, could have been handled better (you think?). There was little consistency from state to state, and from one type of senior care provider to another. We spoke to some providers who never stopped admitting residents, and others where there was a total shut down of new admissions with no clarity on when that might change. Mayors argued with governors who argued with the White House. From the federal level to the local level, if one were grading the handling of the crisis, it would be an F. Who can forget New York Governor Cuomo forcing nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients, issuing... Read More »
The Labor Problem That Does Not Go Away
The pandemic should provide the reason, and time, for providers to re-think labor. When the weekly unemployment filings broke records last spring, there were some people who thought that with millions of workers newly unemployed, the labor crisis afflicting senior care might ease. As far as we have heard, it has not. An unintended consequence of this pandemic is that with census nationally dropping by 1,000 basis points, or more, staffing needs have dropped as well. Fewer people to feed and care for means not as much staff needed, at least in theory. So far, we have not heard of unemployed workers lining up to work in nursing homes or assisted living communities. Most likely the two... Read More »Schedule a demo
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