For the second quarter in a row, the volume of senior care acquisitions topped all health care services categories with 22 announced transactions in the first quarter of 2003. Admittedly, it was a slow quarter for health care services, with only four hospital deals...
Even though there was little doubt about the outcome, management at Sunrise Assisted Living (NYSE: SRZ), not to mention at Marriott International (NYSE: MAR), must have breathed a big sigh of relief last weekend when the assets of Marriott Senior Living Services...
Even though the merger and acquisition market has appeared to be relatively slow, senior care led all health care services sectors in the fourth quarter of 2002 with 20 publicly announced deals. It was the second time during the year that senior care led the pack in...
No matter what kind of senior care facility you operate—skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living—the past few years have been a very difficult operating environment. Oddly, however, the financial woes of the senior care industry seemed to have had little...
As the year began, it looked as if the worst was behind us. Genesis Health Ventures (NASDAQ: GHVI) and Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KIND), having emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy the year before, appeared to be on healthy ground, and Assisted Living Concepts (NASDAQ:...
In an unusual announcement, Sunrise Assisted Living (NYSE:SRZ) revealed what everyone already knew: that the company was in discussions with Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) regarding a possible cash purchase of Marriott Senior Living Services (MSLS), the subsidiary...