Many senior residing and care operators have plans to proceed providing digital advertising occasions and excursions, distant visits and different conferences and applications through know-how at the same time as in-person occasions proceed to happen post-pandemic, in accordance with data collected from the newest Govt Survey carried out by the Nationwide Funding Middle for Seniors Housing & Care.
The newest survey — Wave 23 — included responses collected Feb. 22 to March 7 from house owners and executives throughout 69 small, medium and enormous senior residing and expert nursing organizations nationwide.
The latest survey additionally discovered that many operators are eagerly anticipating a lift in occupancy because of the COVID-19 vaccine availability. One-third of respondents famous a rise in prospect curiosity particularly associated to the vaccine, up from 25% in Wave 21. Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents (62%) stated they count on their organizations’ occupancy charges to get well to pre-pandemic ranges someday in 2022.
As well as, for the third successive survey wave, the shares of organizations reporting an acceleration within the tempo of move-ins is larger than these organizations reporting a deceleration for every of the care segments. Additional, the variety of organizations reporting a deceleration within the tempo of move-ins has shrunk to a pandemic low within the reminiscence care, assisted residing and nursing care segments.
On the vaccine entrance, a slim majority of organizations now say they in all probability is not going to or undoubtedly is not going to make the COVID-19 vaccine necessary for employees members (55%). A fourth, nevertheless, stated they in all probability will or undoubtedly will (25%), a quantity that has elevated since Wave 22 of the survey.
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