Senior Housing News April 1, 2020
Hospitals across the United States are taking urgent steps to free up beds for people with Covid-19. The result could be a cascade of patients through the health care continuum, which would ultimately drive move-ins to assisted living communities and could disrupt their business model in potentially lasting ways.
The scenario taking shape is that hospitals, to create Covid-19 capacity, will send certain patients to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). To accommodate this influx of hospital patients, SNFs would move some people — probably long-term care residents with minimal medical needs — to other settings, including assisted living.
While this situation is not yet playing out in dramatic fashion, there are reports...
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