Better manage transitions of care with tips from Nov. 3 webinar
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2021
Transitions represent a real threat to long-term care residents and the facilities that care for them. During a Nov. 3 McKnight’s webinar, learn more about how fragmented care can lead to medical...
On Oct. 20, Tech stars will shine
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2021
The Oct. 20 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards and Summit will celebrate outstanding innovation by skilled nursing, senior living and home care operators — and provide insights on how to...
As antipsychotic use appears to backslide among nursing home residents, risks mount
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2021
For more than a decade, patient advocates and federal regulators have called for a reduction in nursing homes’ use of antipsychotic medications, a class of drugs once widely associated with controlling...
AHCA/NCAL convention kicks off
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 08, 2021
After a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living Convention and Expo is gearing up to happen in person starting Sunday. The 72nd annual...
On the road again, and looking to give you a lift
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2021
We know many of you are still sitting out the travel season, whether due to the pandemic or needing all-hands on deck inside your short-staffed facilities. The McKnight’s team will be working double-time...
Experts suggest these 4 things will lead to long-term care success in next 3 years
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2021
With so much focus, for so long on surviving COVID’s clinical and financial ravages, many long-term care operators have shifted to looking for strategies to help them thrive as the pandemic drags on...
Asking for PE alternatives
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2021
When Diversicare Healthcare Services’ 61 skilled nursing facilities (and the rest of its holdings) move to a new owner later this year, it likely will become much more difficult to see what’s happening...
Long-awaited relief funding creates rush
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2021
Applications were expected to begin rolling in punctually on Sept. 29 as long-term care providers, among others, seek their share of a new, $25.5 billion round of coronavirus relief funding.
‘Pretty amazing’ story in 2021 nursing home salaries, as pandemic accelerates pay gains
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2021
In labor-challenged market, salary experts say there are few bargains to be had.
Feds pledge fraud enforcement surge, while others seek whistleblowers
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2021
Skilled nursing providers will remain in the crosshairs as fraud enforcement picks up post-COVID, but it’s not just federal officials taking aim, according to one of the government’s top healthcare...