COVID-19

This panel will focus on the economics of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and where theyare positioned in the senior living and care industry. Learn how the pandemic and resulting economy haveimpacted CCRCs, and how they are managing the resulting operating challenges. Because CCRCs frequentlyrequire substantial individual financial upfront investment, prospective residents and their heirs may expressconcerns about risks and potential losses in the event of a CCRC bankruptcy.

This panel will provide an overview and discussion of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and return-to-office issues, and what impacts they may have on the commercial real estate industry. The panelists will discuss market data and trends, as well as relevant case law on the valuation of commercial real estate in the context of bankruptcy cases. The panel also will review hypothetical scenarios to emphasize key issues that affect the valuation of commercial real estate in a disrupted and uncertain marketplace.

The COVID-19 pandemic, as well as recent political and economic events, have highlighted a number of complicated and hotly debated issues regarding the valuation of airlines in the context of restructurings. This panel will discuss, among other things, how macroeconomic issues are impacting business plans and valuations, the way valuation issues play out in large airline restructurings, and investors’ views on the role that valuation plays in investment decisions and negotiations of restructuring transactions.

The senior living sector, already stressed prior to the pandemic, has been upended by COVID-19. This panel will discuss the effects that COVID-19 has had on operational and financial performance, business models past and future, and the real estate valuations of senior living facilities. The panel will also identify what in-court and out-of-court alternatives exist, and will highlight adaptive reuse opportunities for owners and operators of these facilities.

This panel will discuss the current and post-pandemic view of the impact of mandatory vaccinations on post-acute care, including the relaxation of the three-day rule on quality of staffing, bracing for changes in the future of infection control, the effects of cost structures from PPE expenditures, the movement toward home health care, visitation limitations and their psychological effects on patients, patient care ombudsmen and their usefulness, the impact of COVID-19 on private equity and varying facets of post-acute care, and insolvency and exit strategies for health care providers.