Florida Operators Struggle with Staffing Crunch, Low Vaccination Rates

With one of the lowest staff vaccination rates in the country — 45.8% compared to the national average of 59.3% —Florida operators may have a tough road ahead of them as the emergence of the delta variant and an easing of state and federal mandates has created a flood of new cases at local hospitals. […]

SentosaCare Takes Over Virginia Facility; $11M Illinois Nursing Home Sale Drags On

SentosaCare Takes Over Virginia Nursing Home The former Avante Nursing Home in Waynesboro, Va., is now owned by Webster, N.Y.-based SentosaCare, as of June 1, The News Virginian reported on August 18. The change in ownership came as part of a 10-facility Avante sale announced earlier this year, John Harnack, vice president of human resources for The Avante […]

Avante Group Plans to Sell Batch of Facilities to SentosaCare

Avante Group, a nursing home group based in Hollywood, Fla., is selling all six of its facilities in North Carolina, with an effective closing date of June 1. SentosaCare, based in Webster, N.Y., is the proposed buyer, the Winston-Salem Journal reported, and the number represents a reduction in Avante’s footprint by half. Avante submitted a Worker […]