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| July 25, 2018
LifeCare in Pennsylvania to close, lay off 122
LifeCare Hospitals of Mechanicsburg LLC, a provider of specialty acute medical care, is shutting its doors, displacing 122 workers.
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| July 19, 2018
Social faux pas: nursing home employees fired for sharing pictures of residents to mobile app
UR Medicine Thompson Health in Canandaigua has fired employees the health system said were involved in taking and sharing photos on social media of residents of the M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center without the permission of the residents.
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| July 10, 2018
Ascension expands services throughout Michigan, other states
As Ascension Michigan continues to reorganize its operations and rebrand its 15 hospitals, the Roman Catholic system has fully integrated its home health, infusion and hospice operations into Ascension at Home, a seven-state subsidiary of parent company Ascension Health.
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| June 4, 2018
Woman arrested for exploitation, running an unlicensed assisted living center
Hialeah Police Department officers said they found a house of horrors Thursday.
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| May 31, 2018
Eight Skyline facilities in Pennsylvania sold to new owners
Temporary oversight of eight former Skyline Healthcare skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania has come to an end.
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| May 30, 2018
Decline expected in CCRC skilled nursing presence
The median number of skilled nursing units in continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) has remained steady over the last five years, but a decline is coming as developers continue cut SNFs out of the equation.
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| May 29, 2018
Following facilities in receivership, Skyline Health to bow out of nursing home industry
Skyline Health, which recently saw two of its 21 skilled nursing facilities in Arkansas put into receivership, is leaving the nursing home business.
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| May 17, 2018
Argentum to launch multi-year plan for improved care
“The industry is doing an exceptional job providing quality care and service and Argentum is here to provide additional support,” James Balda, Argentum president and CEO, said in a press release.
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| May 8, 2018
How skilled nursing facilities and their landlords can reconnect
As multiple skilled nursing tenants struggle to pay their real estate investment trust (REIT) landlords, a Chicago-based real estate management company is looking to change the model of skilled nursing leases by getting its operators to see it as a partner.
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| May 2, 2018
Ohio’s commercial PACE program energizing SNF updates
In an era of tight financial constraints for skilled nursing facilities, one owner-operator turned to a unique funding source to offset construction costs — and set up savings for the future.
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